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Russian farmer is suspected to have bird flu · 2007-02-21 15:51
A 43-year old Russian farmer has been taken to hospital after possibly contracting bird flu. The man together with his mother purchased a turkey at a Moscow market on February 13 and took it to his farm near the town of Ramenskoye, about 40 kilometers South-East of the Russian Capital. On February 17 the bird suddenly died and after that, other birds on the farm started dying every day.
On Tuesday morning, the farmer discovered that all his geese were dead and called the veterinarian service. Immediately after that he felt feverish and called an ambulance.
The doctors took the farmer and his mother to hospital and veterinarians sealed off and disinfected the farm and the surrounding area.
The farmer's mother was released from hospital after tests and the man himself remains in contagious diseases section with suspected bird flu diagnosis, Mosnews informs.
On Tuesday, chief sanitary inspector for Moscow Region, Olga Gavrilenko, told the press that there were neither registered nor suspected cases of bird flu among humans in Moscow Region.
The highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu that can threaten humans has hit two more localities around Moscow after being confirmed in five other districts, a Russian veterinary official said Tuesday.
Russia's Emergencies Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that 190 domestic fowl had died between Feb. 10 and Feb. 19 in Moscow and six districts in the Moscow region ??“ Domodedovo, Odintsovo, Podolsk, Naro-Fominsk, Taldom and Volokolamsk.
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