Cases of H5N1 bird flu found in Siberia

22 May 2006

Russian veterinary services said they had found new cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu near Omsk in Siberia, but insisted that the virus had been eliminated from other regions. Confirming that “a few birds” in the region had the disease, Nikolai Vlassov, deputy head of the veterinary services, said that two villages in the area had been placed under quarantine. Full Story

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