Nigeria Ignores Bird Flu Precautions (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/ap_on_he_me/bird_flu"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060212/capt.xgo10202121741.nigeria_bird_flu_xgo102.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=XBE9rAWcJchujEOY9jCuBw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="An unidentified boy holds a chicken outside their house in Birnin Yaro, a small village behind Sambawa farms, where Nigeria's first bird flu case was reported, in Jaji, near Kaduna, Nigeria, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006. On Sunday two children were reported ill near a farm in the northern town of Jaji, where the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain was detected on a poultry farm Wednesday, marking its first reported spread into Africa. (AP Photo/George Osodi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nigeria ignored international recommendations for stopping bird flu, keeping poultry markets open on Sunday and letting people move their birds around most of the country unrestricted.</p><br clear=all>