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ARMENIA IS ALERT WHEN IT COMES TO BIRD FLU
[02:16 pm] 02 February, 2007

Although the first case of bird flu was recorded in
Abkhazia a week ago, the Georgian authorities exclude
the possibility of a mass outbreak of bird flu in the
country. According to the specialists, the virus has
penetrated into the country from Krasnodar, RF, where
a case of the illness was recorded several days ago.

According to the head of the RA veterinary
administration Grisha Baghyan, since the very first
days of the outburst of the bird flu epidemic Armenia
has been carrying out prophylactic procedures.

On January 29 the import of bird meat from several
countries has been halted.

`The situation is under control in Armenia. The cases
in the neighboring country have made us more alert’,
he says. According to him, bird meat is no more
imported to Armenia from Azerbaijan, Japan, Hungary,
Cambodia, Indonesia and several other countries.