England confirms dead chickens near Tirana contain H5 virus
22/3/2006 15:35
Albanian Veterinary Research Institute director Dashamir Xhaxhiu told a
press conference yesterday that the tests conducted in England had confirmed the
dead chickens found on March 17 near Tirana contain H5 virus.
The dead
chickens were found in the village of Peze-Helmes on March 17, 14 kilometers
west of Tirana, the capital city of Albania.
According to ATA, the Albanian
official news agency, the preliminary tests performed by the Albanian Institute
of Veterinary Research found the dead chickens were infected by the H5 virus,
and samples were sent to Britain for confirmation.
Xhaxhiu told the
conference that all veterinary measures have been taken in the infected village
and the area has been put under full quarantine.
Meanwhile, it is reported
that dead birds were also found in Berat, in the southern part of the country,
and in Shkodra, in the northern part of the country.
Albania confirmed its
first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in a chicken found in the southern
Saranda region on March 8.
Xinhua
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