Bird flu 'to arrive in Britain this week'
Andrew Alderson, James Orr and Kim Willsher in Paris (Filed: 19/02/2006)

Fears were growing last night that bird flu will reach Britain within days, after the deadly H5N1 form of the virus swept across Europe, the Middle East and south-east Asia yesterday.

The Government conceded yesterday that it is now increasingly likely that bird flu will arrive in Britain, as the National Farmers' Union (NFU) told members to prepare to take poultry indoors at short notice.

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