Bulgaria gives more funds to bird flu effort
July 25th, 2006
Additional funds have been allocated for measures to prevent the spread of bird flu in Bulgaria. After containing the virus outbreak in Slunchogled village, as veterinarians culled the entire poultry stock in the region, government officials say prevention measures must be continued and the effort updated to ensure further outbreaks are dealt with rapidly and efficiently. The extra 50,000 leva will be used for protective clothing and disinfectants, as the Bulgarian National Radio reported. Some 15,000 leva will be given to local poultry owners from the region, as compensation for the destroyed birds. The first tests from the area revealed that the virus causing the infection was not H5N1, the most dangerous strain of bird flu known yet. Flu medicines such as Tamiflu have been provided to hospitals in Sofia and Varna.