
Moscow mayor introduces quarantine in 16 city districts amid bird flu outbreak
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Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin issued an order on Thursday to place 16 districts under quarantine due to an outbreak of bird flu.
The entire territory neighboring the zone, where the threat of disease spreading exists, has been declared a surveillance zone. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a writer on the breaking news team for Fox News Digital. You can reach her on Twitter at @s_rumpfwhitten.
The quarantine measures include restrictions on resident's access to areas with dead birds, and only allowing necessary employees to enter into the blocked areas. The guidance also prohibits the treatment of sick birds, the import and export of birds, and the relocation and rearrangement of birds.
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