"Turks rush for vaccinations amid bird flu scare
Government assures virus is contained
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Friday, October 14, 2005
People rushed for flu vaccinations in Turkey after tests showed the presence of a lethal strain of bird flu that has killed more than 60 people in Asia and is feared to be the precursor of a pandemic. The government gave assurances the virus was contained in a quarantine zone around a fowl farm in the northwestern province of Balikesir, where the outbreak was reported last week, and did not currently constitute a threat to humans."
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