Avian Flu

Recommendations to travelers to/from countries affected by the aviary influenza

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Article last updated: November 24, 2005 12:08 PM
FrenchFriends note: This article primarily targets travelers residing in France.

You are traveling to a country affected by the aviary influenza (or chicken flu) of type A (H5/N1)

The general hygiene recommendations for such a trip are in particular:

  • To regularly wash your hands with water and soap or with a disinfectant product (for example with a hydro-alcoholic solution),
  • To consume only well cooked food and sealed beverages.

Recommendations when in a zone affected by bird flu

Recommendations when you are in a zone affected by the aviary influenza
Translation from http://www.grippeaviaire.gouv.fr
Article last updated: March 2, 2006 09:32

Avoid contact with birds in a zone affected by the aviary influenza

Avoid any contact with the poultries alive or dead in a zone touched by aviary influenza.
For example avoid :

  •    going to industrial and family farms or to poultries and birds markets,
  •    handling bird corpses or waste.

 

New case of wild swan carrying highly pathogenic virus H5N1 in the Bouches-du-Rhône

France News: Avian Flu information

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Article last updated: March 6, 2006 09:34

(Official statement of the ministry for Agriculture)

Cat carrying the H5N1 virus, discovered in Germany

France News: Avian Flu information Details on the cat, carrying virus H5N1, discovered in Germany
Translation from http://www.grippeaviaire.gouv.fr

Article last updated: March 2, 2006 09:32

Official statement of the ministry of Agriculture and Fishing

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