Israel to Kill Flocks After Bird Flu Tests ( also possible human infections )

Israeli officials ordered the destruction of turkey flocks in three farming communities following bird flu tests, the Agriculture Ministry said Friday.

Meanwhile, three people from one of those communities have been admitted to a southern Israeli hospital on suspicion of contracting the virus.

There has been no official confirmation of a first outbreak in Israel of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. But preliminary tests after 11,000 turkeys died indicate “a very high chance that this is avian flu,” Health Minister Yaakov Edri said Friday.

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