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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9051

19 October 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/avian flu
Foreign ministers welcome efforts made in regions infected by bird flu virus and undertake greater coordination - Commissioner Kyprianou displeased at different levels of preparedness in Member States

Brussels, 18/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - Bird flu was one of the points on the agenda of the General Affairs Council on Tuesday, just as it has been found that Greece could, in turn, also be affected by the bird flu virus. Serological tests have revealed the presence of antibodies against avian flu in the blood of poultry on the Inouss islands in the Chios region, and further serological and virus isolation tests should allow this first information to be either confirmed or invalidated. The...

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