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Turkey, Europe on high alert against bird flu.
(From Turkish Daily News)
Turkey is on high alert after the discovery of a lethal strain of bird flu on its soil and banned the hunting of wild birds on Friday in a bid to prevent the spread of a virus that can kill humans, but remained confident the disease had been successfully contained.
"It looks like it [the disease] is dying out," ministry spokesman Faruk Demirel told Agence French-Presse, adding that authorities had tightened controls across the country after tests confirmed that the outbreak in the northwestern village of Kiziksa was caused by the H5N1 strain of the virus deadly to humans.
He underlined that a three-kilometer quarantine zone would remain in place until the end of the month around Kyzyksa, where veterinary officials have so far slaughtered nearly 9,000 turkeys, chicken, ducks, geese and pigeons.
"We are especially checking up on poultry farms around Kyzyksa" which sector officials say account for a large part of turkey meat production in the country, Demirel added.
"The hunting of all wild birds has been banned until a second order" across the country, the ministry said in a statement, appealing to hunters to faithfully follow the order and avoid contact with migratory birds, which stop in wetlands on their way from the north to the south.
Experts have warned that Turkey should prepare for a long battle with bird flu as the…
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