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German State to Relax Bird Flu Restrictions |
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HAMBURG - A German state said on Friday it will relax anti-bird flu regulations and permit poultry to be kept in the open air from December 15.
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Germany confined all poultry to their pens in mid-October after migrating birds spread bird flu close to Moscow, to Turkey and Romania. But since then the disease has not moved substantially westwards, despite fears wild birds would spread it around Europe. The eastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the first in Germany to say it would allow poultry to be kept outside after the existing restriction order expires on December 15. The state said it made the decision following an assessment of the current bird flu risk level. But a ban on poultry markets and fairs would continue, it said.
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