Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Rosselkhoznadzor: Spring bird flu in Russia will not

Rosselkhoznadzor makes optimistic predictions about the possible emergence of this spring in Russia hotbeds of avian flu. As stated today, on 2 February at a press conference in Moscow, deputy head of department Nikolai Vlasov, a forecast for the spring of bird flu positive. However, he expressed concern the situation in China and the Asia-Pacific region, which recorded new cases of infection with H5N1. As Vlasov, "the state can to throw us surprises, transmits the correspondent IA REGNUM.


He did not rule out the spread of avian flu in the Krasnodar region already this month. "In February, possibly the emergence of bird flu in the Kuban, and we may lose one of the local poultry farms," - said Deputy Head of Federal Agency for Veterinary and phytosanitary control.

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