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Posted: January 31 2006 at 5:11am |
Wild birds die on mass scale in Crimean resort zone 31.01.2006, 10.40 SIMFEROPOL, January 31 (Itar-Tass) - Over 300 dead wild ducks have been found in the resort zone of Ukraine’s Crimea over the past three days. “Expertise has confirmed the bird flu virus in dead birds from Alushta,” the city administration has reported. A daily monitoring of beaches has been introduced in resort areas. Specialists examine the beaches several times a day. “Ukraine is on the list of risk zone countries, where a bird flu pandemic is possible after the spring migration of birds begin,” Health Minister Yuri Polyachenko said on Monday. According to him, Ukraine is getting ready for a possible pandemic. The Ukrainian Health Ministry and the Ministry for Emergency Situations are developing a joint plan of actions for the case of an emergency situation. They hold joint exercises among other measures. Meanwhile, specialists are getting ready for the worst scenario, including the evacuation of people. http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=2892934&Page Num=0 |
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daily monitoring souds like they are doing something but what? watch the birds die and collect them so the tourist don't see them? What can really be accomplished by all this bird monitoring except to say, "The virus is here!" |
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