Bird flu

Turkish authorities have quarantined a northwestern village close to the border with Greece after bird flu was detected among chickens, the Anatolia news agency reported yesterday. The measure was adopted after samples from a chicken from the village of Esetce, near the town of Ipsala, tested positive for the virus, district Governor Aylin Kirci Duman told the news agency. It was not immediately clear whether the virus was the deadly H5N1 strain that can kill humans. (AFP)

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