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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  Greece on alert for bird flu contamination from Turkey Tue Jan 10 2005 09:38:03 ET Greece's health services were on alert Tuesday to resist possible bird flu contamination from neighbouring Turkey, where two people have died from the H5N1 strain of the virus. The Greek government stressed that both the relevant health authorities and poultry farmers were fully aware of the situation, the semi-official Athens News Agency (ANA) reported. Officials on the northeastern border with Turkey were spraying incoming vehicles with disinfectant as a precaution, "We're not particularly worried, just cautious," Michalis Kougioumtzis, deputy prefect of the local Evros region, told the agency. He added that prefecture officials were also monitoring local poultry units, and inspecting migratory bird samples obtained from hunters. All samples have proved negative so far, Kougioumtzis said. In Turkey, an official in the western province of Aydin said that the virus had been identified in birds in Kusadasi, a popular resort on the western Aegean coast that faces the Greek island of Samos. "The European Union and Greece, a country that neighbours Turkey, are fully aware and fully informed of the situation prevalent in Turkey," Greek Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis told reporters on Tuesday. "All necessary measures have already been taken, and any additional measures deemed necessary will also be taken," he said. On Monday night, Greek Health Minister Nikitas Kaklamanis told parliament that there were plans to supply embassy and consular staff in Turkey with Tamiflu, an inhibitor thought to ease flu symptoms, AFP reports. Developing... |
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