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 confirms first case of bird flu
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan confirmed its first cases of bird flu on 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
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Kuwait, Jordan ban poultry imports from Asian countries infected with bird flu
AP Worldstream 01-27-2004 Dateline: KUWAIT CITY Kuwait and Jordan on Tuesday banned the import of poultry from Asian countries infected with bird flu. The Kuwait News Agency quoted Khaled al-Zahmoul, the deputy president of a government committee on food safety as saying the "temporary" ban by
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Jordan destroys poultry within 3-km radius of site where turkeys died of bird...
AP Worldstream 03-25-2006 Dateline: AMMAN, Jordan Jordan has destroyed all poultry within a three-kilometer (1.9 mile) radius of a village where bird flu killed up to four domesticated turkeys north of the capital, an Agriculture Ministry official said Saturday. Dr. Faisal Awawdeh, assistant
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Jordan suspends importing chicken from bird flu-affected countries
Jordan suspends importing chicken from bird flu-affected countries AMMAN, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) - Jordan announced on Tuesday that it would suspend importing chicken from the countries where bird flu cases were reported, the official Petra News Agency reported. The prohibition will continue until the
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Dead birds found in Jordan following Israeli bird-flu outbreak
Dead birds found in Jordan following Israeli bird-flu outbreak AMMAN, March 24 (Xinhua) - Jordanian Minister of Heath Saeed Darwazeh said Friday that a number of dead birds were found in a private farm in Ajloun on Thursday and the reason of the death might be the bird flu. The official Petra news
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Egyptian Is Jordan's First Bird-Flu Case
SHAFIKA MATTAR, Associated Press Writer AP Online 03-31-2006 Dateline: AMMAN, Jordan Jordan'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 confirms first H5N1 bird flu outbreak
Jordan confirms first H5N1 bird flu outbreak AMMAN, March 24 (Xinhua) - Jordanian Minister of Health Saeed Darwazeh confirmed on Friday that the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu had been detected, the first such outbreak in the country. Darwazeh announced at a press conference that lab tests of
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Jordan to disinfect poultry farms as precautionary measure against bird flu v...
SHAFIKA MATTAR, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 10-18-2005 Dateline: AMMAN, Jordan Jordan will begin disinfecting all poultry farms on Thursday and import vaccines as a precaution to fight the bird flu virus, an Agriculture Ministry official said Tuesday. Jordanian authorities will spend 2.6
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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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