Thursday, April 17, 2008

Bird Flu

Friends,
The Bird Flu is still very much a threat. This is a wire-service article from South Korea.
Peace and Love,
Rev O

Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Thursday it had culled 3 million farmed birds and onfirmed three more outbreaks of bird flu, as the country grapples with its worst avian influenza outbreak in four years.
In just two weeks South Korea has confirmed 15 cases of the deadly H5N1 strain, raising alarm as the highly virulent virus is spreading at its fastest rate since the country reported its first case in 2003.

S.Korea Culls 3 Million Birds as Bird Flu Spreads Fast

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