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September 22 2005, 14:22 APK-Inform

Russia: bird flu quarantine lifted in 24 villages

According to press-bureau of Russian agriculture ministry, as of September 22 this year the cases of birds infection with bird flu disease were confirmed in 49 settlements. Eighty one settlements were taken into observation.

As of this date the quarantine has been lifted from 24 settlements earlier suspected of high likelihood of infection outbursts.

The cases of bird flu disease have been confirmed or suspected in Altai Krai, Tiumen, Omsk, Cheliabinsk, Kurgan and Novosibirsk Oblasts of Russian Federation.

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