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Bird flu officially found in Georgia

06 March 2006 [10:16] - TODAY.AZ
Georgia's leading veterinary official said Monday that bird flu had been confirmed in the country's Black Sea autonomy of Adzharia.

Head of an agriculture ministry's veterinary department Jambul Maglakelidze said: "The virus has been confirmed." He said the H5 strain of the virus had been found by scientists in London in the body of a swan that died in late February and laboratory tests were on going, RIA Novosti informs.

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