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Article: Russia confirms more H5N1 bird flu cases
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 22, 2007
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Russia confirms more H5N1 bird flu cases
MOSCOW, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Russian authorities have confirmed two
new cases of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, bringing the number of H5N1
cases on the outskirts of Moscow to five, the Interfax news agency
reported on Wednesday.
A total of 333 birds have died in seven suburban Moscow districts
since Feb. 9 and an additional 1,500 birds have been culled, the
Emergency Situations Ministry said.
Following laboratory tests in Moscow, the presence of the H5N1
bird flu strain has ...