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Vaccination against bird flu in Beijing
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-03-31 13:24

A resident's bird is vaccinated against bird flu, as arranged by the local authorities, at a park in Beijing March 31, 2006. The H5N1 bird flu virus has infected 16 people in China, of whom 11 have died. The virus is now endemic in poultry across much of the world despite widespread culling of birds and mass vaccinations of fowl.
A resident's bird is vaccinated against bird flu, as arranged by the local authorities, at a park in Beijing March 31, 2006. The H5N1 bird flu virus has infected 16 people in China, of whom 11 have died. The virus is now endemic in poultry across much of the world despite widespread culling of birds and mass vaccinations of fowl. [Reuters]


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