Article: China declares victory in fight against bird flu, but warns new cases still possible

ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-16-2004
Dateline: BEIJING
China declared victory Tuesday in its fight against bird flu, saying it had "stamped out" all of its known cases. But the government warned against relaxing vigilance, saying coming warm weather could bring new cases.

Local authorities have been ordered to tighten disease prevention measures, said Jia Youling, the spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture's anti-bird flu team.

"As of Tuesday, all the 49 confirmed cases of bird flu have been stamped out," Jia said at a news conference. He said no new cases had been reported for 29 days.

However, the spokesman said local authorities had been warned to be on guard ...

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