Bird flu returns to European Union as case confirmed in Hungary
Posted by Michille on January 31st, 2007
BRUSSELS: The European Commission on Monday confirmed the first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird-flu virus in the European Union since mid-2006, after tests on Hungarian geese proved positive.
European Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou urged all member states “to step up their vigilance†and to reassess their risk levels following the outbreak at a goose farm in southeastern Hungary, his spokesman said.
An EU-approved laboratory in Britain had confirmed that it “was indeed a case of the H5N1 strain,†the spokesman, Philip Tod, told a press conference in Brussels.
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