Switzerland Logs Five More H5N1 Cases in Wild Birds
Date: 24-Apr-06
Country: SWITZERLAND
"These are all cases from the Lake Constance area," Swiss Federal Veterinary Office spokesman Marcel Falk said, adding that protective measures are in place to prevent the virus from spreading.
Two or three more samples from dead wild birds found with the H5 virus were undergoing tests to see whether it was the highly pathogenic H5N1, but the spokesman did not say when the results would be released.
Switzerland has ordered that all poultry be kept indoors to lessen the risk from the fast-spreading H5N1 virus, which has killed over 100 people worldwide and led to the preventive culling of millions of birds.