Egypt bans French, German poultry after bird flu cases

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CAIRO: Egypt on Tuesday banned all poultry imports from France and Germany after the potentially fatal H5N1 strain of bird flu was discovered in birds there.

The import of birds and poultry of any age from Germany and France is banned from Tuesday, Cairo airport s veterinary authority said in a statement to airlines.

Egypt, the country hardest hit by bird flu outside Asia, took the step after positive H5N1 test results last week on three swans in France and 38 birds in Germany.

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