Cork Bird Flu risk abated

Posted on: 04/04/2012

Worries that humans could be at risk of a potentially deadly outbreak of bird flu have been abated.
A number of pheasants found at a gun club in Clonakilty, Co Cork which were discovered to have avian influenza, caused worries that they might have the deadly H5N1 virus, that can be passed to humans, with lethal consequences.
Government officials had placed a one kilometer restriction zone around the site of the outbreak while tests were carried out.
The government�s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine performed the lab tests and announced the flu was a �low pathogenic� strain of the virus that poses no risk to humans. They also confirmed there were no health risks from consumption of poultry products.


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