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- 'Bird flu outbreak confirmed in France (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tests on three swans found dead in northeast France have confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, which can be fatal to humans, the agriculture ministry said Thursday.
'Bird flu test facilities are still limited (The Nassau Guardian)
Even though the concerns raised by dead birds washing onto the coastline of Grand Bahama have been quelled and the incident has nothing to do with avian influenza or bird flu, the worrying situation revealed yesterday is that the Ministry of Agriculture still has limited facilities to conduct testing if an outbreak of the deadly virus were to occur in The Bahamas.
'France steps up surveillance after bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
France, Europe's biggest poultry producer, stepped up surveillance Thursday after tests on three dead swans confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, which can be fatal to humans.
'France says H5N1 bird flu virus confirmed in swans (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tests have confirmed that three swans found dead in eastern France were killed by the H5N1 bird flu virus, the French agriculture ministry said on Thursday, France's first cases of the disease in over a year.
'Dozens more H5N1 bird flu cases in Germany (AFP via Yahoo! News)
German authorities on Thursday reported 38 new cases of the feared H5N1 strain of bird flu which can kill huamns in the country's east.
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