Deadly Bird-Flu Strain Confirmed In Northern Cyprus
January 29, 2006
29 January 2006 -- The European Commission said today that tests on samples from birds in northern Cyprus had revealed they had died of the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.
The EU executive said in a statement it had banned the import of live animals or animal products from the Turkish-Cypriot enclave into the EU.
The Green Line divides the internationally recognized Greek-Cypriot south of the island from the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the north.
H5N1 strain of the virus has killed four people in Turkey and infected at least 21 others.
(AP, AFP, Reuters)