# 473
Apparently this outbreak isn't isolated, with four areas now reporting poultry afflicted by the virus.
Bird flu confirmed in four districts of Moscow region
18.02.2007, 16.51
MOSCOW, February 18 (Itar-Tass) -- Bird flu cases have been exposed in four districts of the Moscow region.
“A report on bird deaths at a farmstead in the Taldom district was made late on Saturday night,” a source at the regional administration told Itar-Tass.
The Taldom situation is similar with the one in the Domodedovo, Odintsovo and Podolsk districts, the source said. A farmer bought a hen in Moscow, and it died of bird flu several days later. “Veterinarians eliminated about 40 chickens and burned the carcasses,” he said.
“All bird flu cases have been localized, and disinfection has been done,” Moscow regional chief veterinarian Valentin Sitnikov said on the Vesti news channel on Sunday. “Nearby farmsteads are being watched, and people who had contacts with ill chickens are under medical surveillance,” he added.
