Bird Flu Monitor > China shares bird flu samples in “breakthrough”: WHO

[Enflu] GENEVA (Reuters) - China has shared long-sought samples of the H5N1 bird flu virus, in what many scientists view as a breakthrough in cooperation, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

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