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The latest on the bird flu
Associated Press
Published October 17, 2005
SOUTHEAST ASIA: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, on a tour of Southeast Asia to discuss a deadly strain of bird flu, said it would be daunting to contain an outbreak if the virus mutated to a form easily spread among people. It could skip across borders, killing millions and crippling nations. "Can we create a network of surveillance sufficient enough to find the spark when it happens, to get there fast enough?" he said before leaving Vietnam for Indonesia, where he meets with officials today. "The chances of that happening are not good."
ROMANIA: Authorities killed thousands of domestic fowl in eastern Romania on Sunday, hoping to prevent the spread of the virus, H5N1. Officials said all domestic birds in Ceamurlia de Jos were killed and the village was being disinfected, but the area would remain under quarantine for 21 days.
TURKEY: Turkish authorities said Sunday that the H5N1 outbreak in Kiziksa had been contained, while initial lab tests conducted after about 1,000 chickens died in eastern Turkey showed no signs of bird flu.
EUROPEAN UNION: EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Sunday the bloc will not hesitate to propose "drastic measures" to fight bird flu if safeguards fail. Italy said that as of today all poultry for sale will have labels identifying its country of origin.
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