Call for tests as China's bird-flu outbreak worsens

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Call for tests as China's bird-flu outbreak worsens

UN experts yesterday called for the urgent testing of a flock of migratory birds in China after they found an outbreak of deadly avian flu was more lethal than previously thought.
A total of 5,000 birds have died in a bird sanctuary in northwestern Qinghai Province, five times more than previously reported, according to officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) just back from visiting the area.

"This is the first time we've seen large numbers of migratory birds dying from bird flu ," said Julie Hall, the WHO official in charge of communicable diseases in China.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/06/29/2003261311

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