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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8645

14 February 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/avian influenza
EU Health Ministers meet to co-ordinate measures to prevent potential risks of bird 'flu to public health

Brussels, 13/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Health Ministers of the EU are determined to co-ordinate their measures to prevent the potential threat of bird 'flu on public health. For although the World Health Organisation has just confirmed that there is no scientific proof to date that the disease can be transmitted between humans, the risk of a wide-scale human epidemic resulting from a collusion between the avian and the human influenza viruses cannot be avoided. Meeting on Thursday...

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