Friday, October 14, 2005

Bird Flu Marches On

Heath officials are now confirming that nine people in Turkey have been tested for the Bird Flu.

it has bee reported that nine people in Turkey have been tested for the disease.

They had been in contact with pigeons which died. An official was quoted as saying the risk of a positive result was small

It comes a day after officials confirmed that an outbreak in Turkey was caused by the H5N1 virus which is potentially fatal to humans.


There is suspicion that Bird Flu may have also entered Romania and Bulgaria.

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