German military joins fight against bird flu
20 Feb 2006 13:41:31 GMT, By Louis Charbonneau
BERLIN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Germany deployed Tornado reconnaissance jets and soldiers in biohazard suits on Monday to prevent the spread of bird flu after government officials confirmed that the deadly H5N1 virus had reached the mainland.
Sixty Bundeswehr soldiers specialising in chemical, biological and nuclear contamination situations, clad in disease protection suits and gas masks, disinfected vehicles in bird flu protection zones on the Baltic island of Ruegen.
Four times as many soldiers were sent to the Baltic coast in the east German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on Monday to help gather up corpses of dead birds to prevent a wider outbreak of the disease.
20 Feb 2006 13:41:31 GMT, By Louis Charbonneau
BERLIN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Germany deployed Tornado reconnaissance jets and soldiers in biohazard suits on Monday to prevent the spread of bird flu after government officials confirmed that the deadly H5N1 virus had reached the mainland.
Sixty Bundeswehr soldiers specialising in chemical, biological and nuclear contamination situations, clad in disease protection suits and gas masks, disinfected vehicles in bird flu protection zones on the Baltic island of Ruegen.
Four times as many soldiers were sent to the Baltic coast in the east German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on Monday to help gather up corpses of dead birds to prevent a wider outbreak of the disease.
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