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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9891

29 April 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health
Androulla Vassiliou takes stock of EU reaction to “new flu”

Brussels, 28/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - With just two days to go before the extraordinary meeting of the EU Council of ministers for health (EUROPE 9890), Androulla Vassiliou was keen to take stock of measures undertaken by the Union as a response to what she called the “new flu”. She explained that the name “swine flu” was likely to have disastrous consequences on the pigmeat industry. The health commissioner, who pointed out that there were three confirmed cases in Europe (one in...

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