Burkina Faso confirms H5N1 case
July 3rd, 2006
The West African state of Burkina Faso has confirmed the positive testing of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu, at three more sites, amongst them the country’s capital city. Along with the Ougadougou site, the disease was detected in Bobo Dioulasso, the country’s economic capital, situated some 400 kilometers to the west, and in Sabou, as stated in a press release by the animal resources minister, Tiemoko Konate. He spoke of results from the tests carried out by the World Health Organization, based on more than 100 samples taken a few weeks ago. Preventive measures were put into place, which include the infected places being isolated and all poultry linked to the sites being culled.