EU health chief on bird flu mission

The European Union’s Health Commissioner will travel to Southeast Asia next week for talks about efforts to contain a deadly strain of bird flu that recently spread to Europe from Asia.

Markos Kyprianou will visit Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia during a 10-day trip starting on November 6. The commissioner will discuss the measures being taken in each country to contain the spread of the H5N1 strain of the virus.