Friday, October 21, 2005

H5N1 News: African nations take bird flu precautions

A Reuters newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

Senegal has taken a precautionary measure of halting poultry imports to prevent the spread of bird flu to the West African country, Prime Minister Macky Sall said.

It is the latest African country to take such a step. Congo Republic, Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Comoros have either banned some or all poultry imports or announced other preventive measures.

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