Vaccinations recommended after deadly bird flu found in Turkey

EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou today said he advocated “the increase of vaccination among the risk population” to deal with a potential or possible pandemic.

EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou today said he advocated “the increase of vaccination among the risk population” to deal with a potential or possible pandemic.

The European Union said the bird flu virus found in Turkish poultry was the H5N1 strain that scientists worry might mutate into a human virus and spark a pandemic.

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