Thursday, January 26, 2006

EU warns Turkey's neighbours over bird flu transparency - EUbusiness

"EU warns Turkey's neighbours over bird flu transparency
26/01/2006

The European Commission on Thursday warned countries bordering Turkey not to hush up possible bird flu cases following accusations by Ankara that some of its neighbors are concealing the disease.

European Union Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou also said the EU would soon release 8.5 million euros (10.4 million dollars) to help Turkey fight the outbreak that has claimed four lives, the first human bird flu fatalities outside Southeast Asia and China."

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