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- 'Third bird flu case suspected at farm near Moscow (Channel NewsAsia)
MOSCOW - A third farm outside Moscow is suspected of being contaminated with the bird flu after 44 poultry were found dead, Russian veterinary authorities said Saturday.
'Russia to determine bird flu strain by Sunday (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Poultry farms around Moscow were under tight control on Saturday as a third outbreak of bird flu was found and health officials investigated whether the deadly H5N1 strain had caused the Russian capital's first exposure to the virus.
'Bird-flu awareness up, protection down (The Nation)
People's awareness of bird flu has improved, but they seem to be slacking off on protecting themselves, according to a Public Health Ministry survey of 12 high-risk provinces.
'No threat to humans amid Russian bird flu scare (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A Russian veterinary official rejected reports that humans has been infected with bird flu in the Moscow region after an outbreak of the disease killed several birds and led to testing for the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.
'Bird flu discovered in Moscow region (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Dozens of poultry have died in an outbreak of bird flu in the Moscow region and several farmers have been hospitalized with symptoms of the disease, officials said.
'Hungarian poultry 'most plausible' cause of English bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Poultry products from Hungary were the most likely cause of an outbreak of a potentially lethal H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus at a turkey farm in eastern England, the government said.
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