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UPDATE: 13th August 2002 - A virus that has killed thousands of seals across northern Europe has reached Britain. Examinations of five dead seals that were washed up on the coast of eastern England two weeks ago have tested positive with the phocine distemper virus. The British government has established a £250,000 project to find out more about the disease. A national helpline has been set up as part of a funded project to find out more about the virus. The helpline will be the single contact point for the public to report seals washed up on beaches and will automatically direct callers to the appropriate organisation. If someone finds a seal washed up on a beach they should call the UPDATE: 2nd October 2002 - The first case of Phocine Distemper Virus, a deadly disease that kills seals, has been confirmed in Scotland. A post mortem examination was carried out by vets from the Scottish Agricultural College in Inverness on a common seal found washed ashore at Dornoch in the Moray Firth on the 11th of September 2002. Subsequent laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of PDV in the seal. | WHAT IS IT ? - WHAT ARE WE DOING ? - HOW CAN YOU HELP ?
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