Russia confirms new cases of deadly bird flu
Moscow - The H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus has been found among dozens of dead hens in Russia’s southern region of Volgograd, in the second such case in two weeks, an official with the local administration said.
“A local veterinary laboratory confirmed that the blood of the dead hens contained the H5N1 virus,” the Interfax news agency quoted an official with the administration of the district where the birds were found as saying.
Samples were sent to the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow, where the type of virus was to be more thoroughly tested, the official said.
Twenty-five hens died Tuesday in the village of Kolobrodovo, in the Frolovo district of the Volgograd region, he said. The village was placed under quarantine.
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