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29 August, 2005 - Published 13:37 GMT
World slow to face bird flu threat
Plans for a global response to a mass outbreak of bird flu in humans are taking shape, but are far from complete. In some places warnings are not being followed. This report from Damian Grammaticus:
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On a lake in western Siberia, flocks of ducks and geese are roaming free. Here, people are ignoring warnings from their government that all domestic poultry should be kept indoors because of the risk of bird flu. There have been bird flu outbreaks in dozens of Russian villages in the past fortnight, many in this area. The virus was brought here from Asia by migrating wild birds. Ornithologists in Russia say that wild fowl will soon be moving on from here before autumn comes.
The latest research shows some birds will head towards the Mediterranean and southern Europe. Other flocks will travel towards Germany, Britain and Ireland. It's possible they could carry the bird flu virus with them: and the ornithologists say health officials in Europe should be monitoring the wild birds and preparing to deal with any outbreaks of disease, because if bird flu infects humans, it is in many cases fatal.
Damian Grammaticus, BBC, Moscow
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Key words
flocks
(禽、畜等的)一群
roaming free
（家禽等）敞養
domestic poultry
家禽
outbreaks
爆發
migrating
遷移﹔（鳥的）定期移棲
Ornithologists
鳥學家，禽學家
monitoring
監視﹔追蹤（鳥的行蹤）
fatal
致命的
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