"Germany boosts customs checks due Turkish bird flu
10 Jan 2006 11:04:10 GMT
Source: Reuters
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HAMBURG, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Germany has increased customs checks on people entering from Turkey, where three children have died of bird flu, a minister said in an interview published on Tuesday.
The minister said Germany may also re-impose a ban on keeping poultry outdoors, in order to protect them from infection by migratory birds, but did not see an additional bird flu threat despite the recent outbreak in Turkey."
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