12 Russian Provinces Stare Down H5N1

Bird flu outbreak in Russia contained to 12 communities:

The bird flu outbreak in Russia has now been contained to 12 communities, with unconfirmed cases in 9 others, the Agriculture Ministry said in a press release Monday.

All domestic poultry have been culled at the site of the latest outbreak of the H5N1 strain in the Siberian region of Omsk, and the quarantine there will be lifted shortly, the ministry reported.