"EU sends vet to Turkey to assess bird flu threat
Thu Jan 5, 2006 11:21 AM GMT171
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has sent a veterinary expert to Turkey to help it tackle bird flu after the disease was found to have killed two teenagers in a remote rural area, the European Commission said on Thursday.
Two Turkish teenagers died from bird flu in recent days in a remote rural district near Turkey's border with Armenia, where people live in close proximity with livestock and poultry."
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