China, Russia and Romania report fresh cases of bird flu

PRELIMINARY tests on fowl from a region south of Moscow where hundreds of birds died suddenly detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu, Russia’s Agriculture Ministry said yesterday.

China, Russia and Romania report fresh cases of bird flu

Thhis finding is bolstering the sobering signs that the dreaded virus might be spreading across a swath from Siberia to the shores of the Mediterranean.

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation warned of a marked increase in chances that bird flu would move to the Middle East and vulnerable Africa as well, while the European Union announced plans for an exercise simulating a human flu pandemic to improve readiness in case the bird virus mutates to form a strain dangerous to people.

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