Ukraine considers full Crimea quarantine to halt bird flu
17 Dec 2005 13:41:36 GMT
Source: Reuters
KIEV, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Ukrainian officials on Saturday considered imposing a quarantine throughout the Crimea peninsula to contain an outbreak of the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu affecting more than a dozen villages.
Agriculture Ministry spokesman Oleksander Horobets said a specialised laboratory in Britain had confirmed results provided by Russian academics -- that the virus detected in Crimea was H5N1, which is potentially dangerous to humans.
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Source: Reuters
KIEV, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Ukrainian officials on Saturday considered imposing a quarantine throughout the Crimea peninsula to contain an outbreak of the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu affecting more than a dozen villages.
Agriculture Ministry spokesman Oleksander Horobets said a specialised laboratory in Britain had confirmed results provided by Russian academics -- that the virus detected in Crimea was H5N1, which is potentially dangerous to humans.
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