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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9161

28 March 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/bird flu
H5 virus suspected in Czech Republic

Brussels, 27/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 27 March, the Czech authorities informed the European Commission that they suspected the presence of an H5 bird flu virus in a wild swan which was found dead at Hluboka Nad Vltavou, 150km from Prague. Samples have been sent for confirmation to the Community reference laboratory in Weybridge. The Czech authorities immediately applied the precaution measures by establishing a protection zone of 3 km and a monitoring zone of 10 km delete that

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