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[01] Health minister in Oinousses for briefing on single incident of H5 virus

[01] Health minister in Oinousses for briefing on single incident of H5 virus

Although initial tests showed that the sample, taken from a dead turkey on a remote family homestead, tested positive for the H5 type of viruses, other tests in Britain are expected to confirm -- in roughly six days -- whether it is the menacing H5N1 strain, Greek officials said on Wednesday.

"There is absolutely no problem in Oinousses, neither with the residents, nor for all of Greece," Kaklamanis, the former clinical director of radiology at a public hospital in Athens, told reporters.

Kaklamanis, at the head of a delegation of regional officials and medical experts, did his best to lighten the mood on the small island and around the east Mediterranean country, enjoying a dish of locally produced poultry at an island restaurant in what was undoubtedly the "photo opportunity" of the week.

He also stressed that no special precautions are necessary for either the couple that raised the suspect turkeys or for the island�s residents, in general.

Authorities again disinfected the area around where the dead turkey was found and properly disposed of the carcasses of dead fowl in a landfill, reports state.

Additionally, the high-ranking delegation presented physicians at the isle's clinic with 20 flu vaccinations for high-risk groups before returning to Chios, after lunching in Oinousses, to attend a meeting of physicians of the region.

Oinousses lies just off the eastern coast of the large island of Chios, with the opposite Turkish coast farther to the east.

(Caption: Health Minister Nikitas Kaklamanis speaks to reporters on the island of Oinousses on Wednesday. ANA / O. Panagiotou.)

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