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Cote d'Ivoire says avian flu kills crows
NEWS - AFRICA NEWS
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organis ation (FAO) in Cote d'Ivoire on Thursday confirmed cases of the H5N1 virus (avian flu) in the commercial capital, Abidjan, following positive results returned on tests on dead crows.
The representative of the FAO in Cote d'Ivoire, Dr. Mel Eg Emmanuel, indicated the crows had been found dead, in the yard of the French High School, Blaise Pascal, in Abidjan on 6 October.
He said emergency measures had been taken including the closure of the high school for the whole contaminated place was disinfected.
He said a team of the National Institute for Public Health had been monitoring 25 people who had been exposed to the carcass of the birds, including 17 who had a ctually been in contact with the carcass.
Samples of carcass have, meanwhile, been sent to Italy where the reference laboratory for the H5N1 is located.
thanks to Crof
NEWS - AFRICA NEWS
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organis ation (FAO) in Cote d'Ivoire on Thursday confirmed cases of the H5N1 virus (avian flu) in the commercial capital, Abidjan, following positive results returned on tests on dead crows.
The representative of the FAO in Cote d'Ivoire, Dr. Mel Eg Emmanuel, indicated the crows had been found dead, in the yard of the French High School, Blaise Pascal, in Abidjan on 6 October.
He said emergency measures had been taken including the closure of the high school for the whole contaminated place was disinfected.
He said a team of the National Institute for Public Health had been monitoring 25 people who had been exposed to the carcass of the birds, including 17 who had a ctually been in contact with the carcass.
Samples of carcass have, meanwhile, been sent to Italy where the reference laboratory for the H5N1 is located.
thanks to Crof