Nigeria is one of three countries experts consider the weak links in efforts to control bird flu and prevent a pandemic.
Bird flu spreads to new state in northern Nigeria
Veterinary officials in white protective suits and masks culled thousands of chickens at a farm in the far northwestern Nigerian state of Sokoto after
bird flu was detected there for the first time.
Nigeria is one of three countries regarded by experts as the weakest areas in the global attempt to stem infections among birds and head off a
potentially devastating human flu pandemic.
The disease was first discovered a year ago in the northern state of Kaduna and it spread rapidly to most parts of the country in the first week
despite culling and quarantines.
The 2007 winter flu season likely will be give us a better idea just how bad the situation really is.
[edit on 12-1-2007 by soficrow]
