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Colombia Free of Bird Flu:
official
Colombia has been declared clear
of any kind of bird flu, the
country's agriculture minister
said in a statement on Thursday.
A large number of Latin American
countries banned poultry imports
from Colombia after a mild
version of the bird flu was
discovered on three Colombian
farms two months ago.
Tests conducted by the Colombian
Agricultural Institute, working
alongside a U.S. laboratory,
determined that this version of
the flu in Colombia had been
eliminated thanks to the
country's health measures.
The particular strain of the
bird flu which had appeared in
Colombia was the H9 type, which
is not fatal.
The deadly H5N1 strain of the
bird flu has killed at least 71
Asians, most of whom were in
Vietnam and had worked in close
contact with infected birds.
No cases of the deadly virus
have been reported in either
American continent.
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