Jordan decides to destroy Israeli turkey meat owing to bird flu scare
SHAFIKA MATTAR, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 03-29-2006 Dateline: AMMAN, JordanThe government has decided to destroy 50 tons of minced turkey from Israel after legislators threatened to impeach the minister of agriculture who sanctioned the importation from a country with bird flu, a
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Egyptian Is Jordan's First Bird-Flu Case
SHAFIKA MATTAR, Associated Press Writer AP Online 03-31-2006 Dateline: AMMAN, JordanJordan's Minister of Health Saeed Darwazeh puts his hand to his face during a press conference in Amman Jordan Friday March 31, 2006 . Darwazeh announced Friday the first human avian flu case in Jordan , but said
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Jordan requires comprehensive bird flu strategy - WHO.
Byline: Dalya Dajani Jun. 15-AMMAN - Jordan lacks a comprehensive contingency plan to combat a potential deadly outbreak of avian flu, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official said on Thursday. Hashim Al Mousaad, WHO representative and head of Mission here, told The Jordan Times that although
Publication: Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan)
First bird flu cases in Jordan claim turkeys
AMMAN - Jordan confirmed its first cases of bird flu Friday in domesticated turkeys north of the capital, finding that up to four of the birds had died of the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus. Turkey, Iraq and Egypt are the only countries in the region where people have died of the H5N1 strain,
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First human case of H5N1 bird flu found in Jordan: minister
First human case of H5N1 bird flu found in Jordan: minister AMMAN, March 31(Xinhua) - An Egyptian working in Jordan was suffering from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the first reported human case of the virus in the country, Jordanian Health Minister Saeed Darwazeh said Friday. Darwazeh told a press
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Bird flu confirmed in Jordan Valley. Ministry orders dispatch of antibiotic T...
RUTH EGLASH AND JUDY SIEGEL Jerusalem Post 03-24-2006 Headline: Bird flu confirmed in Jordan Valley. Ministry orders dispatch of antibiotic Tamiflu tablets to PAByline: RUTH EGLASH AND JUDY SIEGELEdition; DailySection: NewsPage: 04Friday, March 24, 2006 - Veterinarians confirmed Thursday that the
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Three hospitalized in Cambodia with bird flu symptoms; Jordan destroys poultry
KER MUNTHIT, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 03-26-2006 Dateline: PHNOM PENH, CambodiaThree Cambodian villagers suspected of having bird flu have been hospitalized, officials said Sunday, as Jordanian officials destroyed poultry near a village where the H5N1 virus killed four domesticated
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Jordan on alert for bird flu.
* Jordan is trying to prevent an outbreak of bird flu from crossing over from Saudi Arabia. Jordan has raised its state of alert to its highest level and resumed field inspections of bird farms and poultry stores. Under the alert, non-processed livestock from Saudi Arabia is banned from entering
Publication: The Star (Amman, Jordan)
Worry about bird flu in Jordan unnecessary: official
Worry about bird flu in Jordan unnecessary: official AMMAN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) - It is unnecessary for the Jordanians to worry about the deadly bird flu, secretary general of the Jordanian Agricultural Ministry was quoted by the Jordan Times as saying on Sunday. "Usually Jordan does not import
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Jordan reports first human case of bird flu
Jordan reports first human case of bird flu AMMAN, March 31 (Xinhua) - Jordanian Minister of Health Saeed Darwazeh said on Friday that the first human case of bird flu was found in the country. An Egyptian worker has been detected as suffering from the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Jordan,
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