EU to launch bird flu awareness campaign

European Union health ministers in Vienna today agreed to launch a public awareness campaign on bird flu.

They aim to ease growing fears over health and food safety as the virus continues to spread among birds.

Austrian Health Minister Maria Rauch-Kallat said the ministers agreed “that we all need a co-ordinated information policy” on risks and what preventative measures farmers and the general public can take to ensure the virus does not spread further.