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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9153

17 March 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/egypt/health
Markos Kyprianou's visit to Egypt focuses on fighting avian flu

Brussels, 16/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, Markos Kyprianou, visited Egypt on 11-14 March where he met the Prime Minister, Health and Agriculture Ministers with whom he discussed the repercussions of avian flu. The first cases were detected in Egypt on 17 February. The country is on the migratory route of birds and therefore is facing “great difficulties”, according to Mr Kyprianou, who was informed of the “very serious”...

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