Article: Bird Flu: Health Ministry High Alerts Hospitals.

Lahore, February 05 (PPI): The avian flu epidemic that has swept across parts of neighbouring India has led Pakistans Health Ministry to begin putting in place a number of preventative measures.In a letter sent out to provincial health officials, hospital heads and other health workers, the ministry warned that hospitals should remain on high alert and make emergency arrangements to tackle any outbreak of avian flu, reports IRIN, the UN information unit. On 1 February the authorities confirmed the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus at two poultry farms in Karachi, but with no human infection so far.Pakistan shares a long border with India, where at least 50,000 birds have ...

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