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Current AffairsSoldiers begin culling 71,000 birds after latest bird flu outbreak
Soldiers and fire-fighters have begun destroying thousands of chickens at
two poultry farms in East Bohemia, after tests confirmed the presence of
the H5N1 type of bird flu virus. The two cases were within a few
kilometres of the country's first outbreaks in June of last year at two
similar farms.
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Current AffairsBird flu resurfaces in eastern Bohemia
Farming cooperatives and poultry smallholders are on high alert in eastern
Bohemia after a second outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in the Orlicko
region. Strict measures are now in effect in all villages within a five
kilometer radius of the outbreak. The safety zone is off limits to both
the public and press and the army has been called in to help with the
culling and elimination of thousands of birds.
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Current AffairsVillage of Tisova assesses damage after first case of dangerous strain of bird flu is found on local farm
Inhabitants of the little village of Tisova have been pushed to the limit
in the last few days. Just hours after a local farm reported that its
flock was dying from a bird flu virus, tests confirmed that the strain of
bird flu in question was the H5N1 strain that can be deadly to humans.
Now, not only the flock on the affected farm but all poultry in the entire
village have to be culled.
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Current AffairsH5N1 bird flu strain hits Czech poultry
Czech veterinary officials have confirmed the country's first outbreak of
bird flu among poultry, after the disease was uncovered at a turkey farm
in eastern Bohemia. Until now bird flu had been found only in a number of
cases in wild birds in southern parts of the country. Authorities, who
ordered a safety perimeter instated around the farm in eastern Bohemia,
confirmed on Thursday following tests that the flu strain is indeed the
deadly H5N1. More
Current AffairsHealth officials on alert after man on CSA flight diagnosed with"super TB"
Health officials have been put on alert after learning that an American man
who flew from Prague to Montreal last Thursday was carrying a highly
dangerous strain of tuberculosis. A number of passengers on the Czech
Airlines flight are to undergo medical tests to make sure they haven't
become infected, although Czech officials say the chances of the infection
spreading to other passengers were low.
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Current AffairsTick-borne encephalitis cases rise sharply in Czech Republic
Specialists have revealed that there was a sharp rise in the incidence in
tick-borne encephalitis, or TBE, in the Czech Republic last year. Some
1000 people contracted the potentially deadly disease which is transmitted
by deer ticks: 60 percent more than in 2005. Earlier Jan Velinger spoke to
Roman Prymula, the dean of the Military Medical Academy at the University
of Defence in Hradec Kralove, and asked him about the reasons behind the
sudden jump. More
Current Affairs2006 sees highest rise in new HIV cases since 1985
The number of people infected with the HIV virus in the Czech Republic
increased significantly last year. According to the National Reference
Laboratory for AIDS, 2006 saw the highest number of new cases since 1985.
Of the 93 newly registered patients last year, ten had full blown AIDS.
The latest figures suggest that a total of 920 people in the Czech
Republic have HIV or AIDS, of whom just about one half - 464 - live in
Prague.
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Current AffairsDrug prevention centres warn EU directive could spread infectious diseases among drug users
Up to 30,000 people in this country of ten million are believed to be
addicted to hard drugs. Until recently, drop-in centres in the Czech
Republic tested drug users for dangerous diseases and infections. But that
service was discontinued last year and it is now feared that several
thousand drug addicts are walking around with an infectious disease they
do not even know they have.
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