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Posted on Feb 18, 2004, 7 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- Bird flu is not going away anytime soon, the World Health Organization said Monday, as South Asian health officials agreed to cooperate in preventing the disease from spreading. The officials adopted a resolution extending a temporary ban on all poultry and egg imports from countries affected by bird flu.
NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- Bird flu is not going away anytime soon, the World Health Organization said Monday, as South Asian health officials agreed to cooperate in preventing the disease from spreading. The officials adopted a resolution extending a temporary ban on all poultry and egg imports from countries affected by bird flu. The import of pet birds from all countries will also be temporarily banned. "The outbreak is not going to be contained in one or two months," D.N. Kumara Rai, head of the WHO's communicable disease department in Southeast Asia, told The Associated Press.
Source: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/health/news-article.aspx?storyid=14864
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