November 13, 2007

PANDEMIC WATCH!!

Breaking: Bird flu scare at Auckland Airport 13 Nov 2007 Passengers on an international flight were held on their aircraft at Auckland International Airport today as authorities feared a passenger may have become ill with avian influenza or bird flu. Ambulance and public health authorities were alerted and the aircraft was quarantined until the passenger could be assessed.

UK farm under surveillance zone after H5 bird flu strain found in turkeys 13 Nov 2007 All 5,000 poultry at a Norfolk farm will be culled today after the H5 strain of bird flu was found in turkeys. Last night a three-kilometre protection zone and a 10-kilometre surveillance zone were set up around Redgrave Park Farm in Redgrave, near Diss. But the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said further tests were needed to ascertain whether the strain is H5N1, which is potentially dangerous to humans and has swept across Asia, Europe, and Africa since 2003.

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