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Add a patient with influenza A / H5N1
Just one more patient in the North infected with influenza A / H5N1. This is also the second patient with the disease after 17 months of H5N1 virus in humans is controll…
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Supervision of patients suspected of symptoms of influenza A / H5N1
On June 4, the Ministry of Health sent an urgent message to the Health Departments of Dong Thap, Can Tho, Ninh Binh, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Ha Nam, Quang Nam, Hung Yen and…
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The Egyptians throw chickens and ducks into the water to stop the flu
When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan saw that domestic chickens and ducks in the Egyptian Nile sub-region began to show signs of trembling, standing unsteadily, he stuffed them…
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ASEAN establishes a stock of bird flu medicines
ASEAN member states have agreed to choose Singapore as a storage center for oseltamivir as an attempt to prepare for the possibility of bird flu in the region.
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Myanmar announces a new case of bird flu
In a suburban town of Yangon, the H5N1 virus has been found in some dead chickens, according to a veterinary agency (LBVD) announcement. About 1,645 laying hens on a chi…
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Japan reviewed Tamiflu-related deaths
Japanese health officials will open a new investigation on the link between Tamiflu flu medication and unusual behavior in people who have used the drug after recent dea…
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Indonesia and WHO are tense around the avian flu vaccine
Tensions between the World Health Organization (WHO) and Indonesia on sharing bird flu virus samples have not shown signs of improvement. Indonesian Health Minister Siti…
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Indonesia: 2 more suspected deaths from bird flu
Indonesian Ministry of Health officials today said a teenager and a 22-year-old woman in the country were both suspected of being infected with bird flu. Preliminary tes…
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Tracing the H5N1 virus by tracking birds through satellites
To understand the routes of migrating birds in Africa and the role of these wild birds in the spread of the H5N1 virus that causes bird flu, a group of French researcher…
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Asian rehearsal against bird flu
From 2 April to 3 April, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners in Asia will conduct an anti-bird exercise to test Asia's ability to cope with the evolutio…
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China, Indonesia: More people die from bird flu
On March 29, China and Indonesia announced new deaths from H5N1 bird flu. The affirmation rattles alarms in the community about national surveillance standards when deat…
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For the second time of the year, the flu returned to the South
After 21 days of no new outbreak in the country, the veterinary sector announced that the flu outbreak was controlled on March 28. But by March 30, the Department of Ani…
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Southeast Asia actively protects against H5N1
Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam all want to produce avian influenza vaccines as soon as they find an appropriate technology partner to avoid dependence on Western pharma…
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Kuwait: 4 people infected with bird flu
According to a Kuwaiti health official, initial tests on four Bangladeshi employees who participated in killing and destroying chickens in Kuwait gave positive results t…
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Detection of Tamiflu resistant virus
Japanese researchers on April 4 said they have found a virus resistant to the Tamiflu drug from type B flu and the virus is capable of spreading from person to person. T…