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India seeks H5N1-free status

Posted on September 07, 2008

Via India's Financial Express: India may approach OIA due to no bird flu reports. Excerpt:With no reports of bird flu cases close to the last three months in the country, India is considering an approach to the France-based Organisation for Animal Health (OIA) for according it 'the avian influenza free country' soon.[I think they mean OIE.] Besides, India and neighbouring Bangladesh have set up a joint mechanism through a series of meeting held amongst officials to share and monitor information on bird flu cases in the poultry industry. India has been maintaining that the virus came from...

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