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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9103

6 January 2006
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/avian flu
EU on alert after two deaths in Turkey

Brussels, 05/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - In cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the European Commission is keeping a close watch on the situation in Turkey after the deaths were announced of two people there from avian flu. These are the first human deaths from the illness outside the Far East. The European Commission is watching the situation in Turkey carefully, particularly on the epidemiological level, it said in a press release published on 5 January. It also draws...