EU experts meet as avian flu spreads
Last Updated Fri, 14 Oct 2005 06:15:57 EDT CBC News
European experts on avian influenza and bird migration are holding an emergency meeting in Brussels Friday, a day after health officials confirmed the deadly H5N1 virus has spread from Asia to Europe.
Tests confirmed Thursday that the strain has shown up in dead birds on a farm in northwestern Turkey. Farmers in the village of Kiziksa have since slaughtered more than 8,000 chickens, turkeys and ducks.
Infected migrating birds have taken the virus from southeast Asia to poultry populations in Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and now Eastern Europe, but human cases remain limited to four southeast Asian countries.
The World Health Organization points out that the H5N1 virus does not spread easily from birds to humans, but the United Nations body is nonetheless calling for increased vigilance and precautions.
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European experts on avian influenza and bird migration are holding an emergency meeting in Brussels Friday, a day after health officials confirmed the deadly H5N1 virus has spread from Asia to Europe.
Tests confirmed Thursday that the strain has shown up in dead birds on a farm in northwestern Turkey. Farmers in the village of Kiziksa have since slaughtered more than 8,000 chickens, turkeys and ducks.
Infected migrating birds have taken the virus from southeast Asia to poultry populations in Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and now Eastern Europe, but human cases remain limited to four southeast Asian countries.
The World Health Organization points out that the H5N1 virus does not spread easily from birds to humans, but the United Nations body is nonetheless calling for increased vigilance and precautions.
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