 Russia confirmed more bird flu cases, raising fears it could spread over Europe, but a UN official said the best way to stop it was for donors to pay up and fight it where it began, among Asian fowl. The latest case in Russia killed 12 hens at a private dacha in Tambov, 400km southeast of Moscow, last week. Authorities culled 53 ducks and hens and imposed a quarantine. Tests confirmed it was the H5N1 avian flu strain which can infect humans, though not yet pass between them, officials said. The European Union was poised to ban all imports of captive wild birds after a parrot died of H5N1 in quarantine in Britain. |