Bird flu pandemic threatens Ukraine says Health
Ministry
Jan 29, 2006, 21:04 GMT
"The possibility of a bird flu pandemic in Ukraine is high, but the country
is ready to deal with it, the health minister said Sunday.
Ukraine was among the countries where the possibility of a bird flu
pandemic after the start of bird migration in the spring was high, Yuriy
Polyachenko said in an interview with Ukrainian TV Channel 5.
The Ukrainian Health Ministry, the Ministry of Emergencies and the State
Borderguard Service are urgently developing a coordinated action plan to
face the worst situation.
The Ukrainian autonomy of Crimea was hit with a bird flu outbreak in
November 2005. According to official data, laboratory tests have
confirmed bird flu cases in 23 locations in the autonomy and more than
150,000 domestic fowl have so far been culled in 40 locations around the
Crimean peninsula."
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