- Title: GEORGIA: Georgia announces suspected bird flu in swans
- Date: 25th February 2006
- Summary: WIDE OF THE PRESS-CONFERENCE OF ZURAB NOGAIDELI, GEORGIAN PRIME MINISTER (SOUNDBITE) (Georgian) ZURAB NOGAIDELI, GEORGIAN PRIME MINISTER, SAYING: "According to preliminary test results, bird flu strain H5N1 has been confirmed in Georgia. Yesterday afternoon, eleven migratory swans were found in Adliya, Khelachauri region, Adzhara." WIDE OF NOGAIDELI TALKING
- Embargoed: 12th March 2006 12:00
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- Location: Georgia
- Country: Georgia
- Topics: Nature / Environment,Health
- Reuters ID: LVA55VU2UU0LJCKBD3GS8D7S2UB6
- Story Text: Georgia said on Friday (February 24) it had found suspected cases of the H5N1 bird flu virus in wild swans on its Black Sea coast near the border with Turkey. Laboratory tests in the capital Tbilisi revealed the presence of the virus in the birds but samples were being sent for further testing in Britain and Italy, Georgia's Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli told a news briefing. "According to preliminary test results, bird flu strain H5N1 has been confirmed in Georgia. Yesterday afternoon, eleven migratory swans were found in Adliya, Khelachauri region, Adzhara," Nogaideli told reporters Georgia, which borders Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, has so far had no confirmed bird flu cases. Nogaideli indicated final laboratory results should be known in two or three days. Adzhara is a semi-autonomous region of Georgia not far from the Turkish city of Trabzon. The Agricultural Ministry said it had thrown up a 3 km (1.9 mile) cordon around the village where the dead birds were found and was restricting access. The H5N1 virus has killed at least 85 people worldwide since 2003, mostly in southeast Asia and China.
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