Nigerian officials are desperately trying to contain the spread of the dreaded H5N1 avian flu virus that has resulted in the culling of several hundred poultry in Kano, a large trading city with millions of people. However, efforts to contain the virus to Kano may be futile as Kastina, a city 170 kilometers north of Kano, reported an outbreak. If the outbreak in Kastina were confirmed, all four states of Nigeria would have been infected. For the first time within the European Union, Greece and Italy separately confirmed incidents of virus.