Dangerous strain of bird flu found in Croatia
The European Union today announced that the dangerous H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in Croatia, the latest European nation to be hit by the disease.
“The Commission has been informed by the European Union reference laboratory in Weybridge that the virus isolated in wild birds in Croatia is indeed the H5N1 virus,” said EU Commission spokesman Philip Tod.

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