South of Moscow, Russian officials have detected H5N1 in a group of birds that have suddently died. Further testing is needed to see if it is the same
strain as the one that began in Asia.
In China 2600 birds were found to have died from the virus, but they gave no further details other than to say they had it under control. Yeah right
MOSCOW - Preliminary tests on fowl from a region south of Moscow where hundreds of birds died suddenly detected a deadly strain of bird flu, Russia
said Wednesday, bolstering signs that the dreaded virus might be spreading across Siberia to the Mediterranean.
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization warned of a marked increase in chances that bird flu would move to the Middle East and
vulnerable Africa as well, while the European Union announced plans for an exercise simulating a human flu pandemic to improve readiness in case the
bird virus mutates to form a strain transmissible among people
news.yahoo.com...
