ARMENIA TO ALLOCATE $111,000 TO PREVENT BIRD FLU

RIA Novosti, Russia
Jan 9, 2006

YEREVAN, January 9 (RIA Novosti, Gamlet Matevosyan) - The Armenian
government plans to allocate $111,000 on measures to prevent bird flu
from entering the country. "Vehicles passing through border crossings
are being disinfected," Grisha Bagyan, Armenia's chief veterinarian,
said Monday. Bagyan said $51,000 had been spent to procure medicines.

Armenia, a former Soviet republic in the Caucasus, borders on Turkey
whose 12 regions have been hit by the bird flu outbreak. Twelve human
cases have been confirmed there as of today. Three children died of
the virus in eastern Turkey Sunday.