Five Russian regions still suffer from bird flu
Russia has five bird flu locations on its territory
"There are two locations on the Altai territory, and one in the Kurgan, Chelyabinsk and Tambov regions," a representative of the Federal Veterinarian and Phytosanitary Control Service told.
According to the Emergency Situations Ministry, the first outbreaks of bird flu in Russia happened in July-August in the Volga-Urals and Siberian federal districts.
In mid-August there were bird flu cases in 35 villages in six regions, and another 69 villages had suspected bird flu cases.
A total of 4,500 birds died of bird flu and another 180,000 were slaughtered on bird flu suspicions by early November, the source said. There have not been any human cases of bird flu yet.
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