PlanoPa Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Man being tested in Jerusalem for bird flu 39 minutes ago JERUSALEM (AFP) - A man from east Jerusalem was undergoing urgent tests for possible bird flu after a number of chickens that he was keeping died. ADVERTISEMENT "Last night, a man came into the emergency room suffering from flu symptoms," Hadassah hospital spokesman Ron Krumer told AFP, saying several of the man's chickens had recently died from unknown causes. "He was isolated and is undergoing tests to diagnose if the symptoms are bird flu." Krumer said the tests were "a precautionary measure" and would take several hours to be completed. The patient was from one of the villages in east Jerusalem, which was occupied and annexed by Israel in 1967. yikes Link to comment
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