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Canada has discovered a strain of H5 avian flu in wild birds and is now checking whether it is the same H5N1 killer strain which has spread to Europe, an official said on Monday.
Oy! If you wanted proof of how fast a pandemic can get out of control, look at the potential spread of the avian variety of H5N1 from Southeast Asia and Siberia, the two areas it was identified just three months ago, to today, when it is in Europe and, potentially, Canada.
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H5N1 in Canada?
[Source: RatcliffeBlog””Mitch’s Open Notebook] quoted: If you wanted proof of how fast a pandemic can get out of control, look at the potential spread of the avian variety of H5N1 from Southeast Asia and Siberia, the two areas it was identif…
Why is Canada so slow with the final results?
They determined that the flu is H5 strain and began the tests for H5N1, which I believe takes a couple weeks…. More info here: http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=8908