# 1804
While Turkey saw some limited outbreaks during the Spring of 2007, and a few this Spring, it hasn't seen a really bad outbreak since the Spring of 2006, when at least 12 people contracted the disease (4 fatalities), and half of that nation's provinces reported outbreaks in poultry.
Since that time, the Turkish government has taken aggressive action whenever the virus has been detected; quarantining villages, culling extensively, and restricting the movement of poultry and people.
Greece reported 15 outbreaks of H5N1 in poultry to the OIE in 2006, but hasn't filed a report since that time.
A Hat tip to Flutrackers newsfeed for this link.
Bird flu detected near Greek border
Thursday, March 20, 2008
ANKARA - AFP
Authorities have imposed a quarantine in a northwestern village close to the border with Greece after bird flu was detected among chicken, the Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday.
The measure was adopted after samples from a chicken from the village of Esetce, near the town of Ipsala, tested positive for the virus, district governor Aylin Kirci Duman told the agency.
"Everything is under control. We sent more samples for testing after the virus was detected in a sample from one chicken," she said.
It was not immediately clear whether the virus was the deadly H5N1 strain that can kill humans.
Ipsala lies some 15 kilometers from the border with Greece.
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