Europe to consider ban on wild bird imports as flu virus spreads

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Series Details 24.10.05
Publication Date 24/10/2005
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A parrot quarantined in the United Kingdom has died of the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. The European Commission is to consider a Europe-wide ban on imports of wild birds.
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BBC News, 24.10.05: UK parrot had deadly flu strain http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4370106.stm
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