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Bird flu still makes Indonesia 'headache'
Indonesian officials yesterday (April 6) reported that a girl from the country had just died of H5N1 infection. So far, 73 Indonesians have died from bird flu.
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Five countries banned entry of British poultry
South Korea and Hong Kong are the latest countries and territories to ban imports of poultry from the United Kingdom after an outbreak of H5N1 at a turkey farm in Suffol…
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Indonesia: 2 more patients infected with bird flu
Indonesian Minister of Health Siti Fadillah Supari yesterday announced that two more Indonesians were identified with bird flu. Both are still alive. With these two new…
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FAO calls for emergency bird flu aid
On February 7, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that the lack of capital and political will in some countries is making it difficult to…
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Detection of avian influenza virus in Turkey
A newly discovered outbreak of bird flu at a farm in Batman village, southeastern Turkey, confirmed the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture on February 8.
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Korea discovered bird flu again
South Korea yesterday said it is beginning to kill thousands of chickens after a new outbreak of bird flu has been discovered near Seoul. According to health officials,…
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H5N1 virus in England breeds 99.96% virus in Hungary
According to British health officials, the H5N1 bird flu virus discovered in the country resembles the 99.96% bird flu virus found in Hungary, which means the virus has…
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Detection of bird flu in many countries
After more than a week of seemingly quiet silence, bird flu began to worry again after Laos reported the first suspected case of human avian flu, while Turkey also repor…
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There has been a vaccine to prevent bird flu
The fight against bird flu has entered a new stage. An independent team of experts has recommended the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use a vaccine to prevent…
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Vaccine is resistant to bird flu
Scientists at GlaxoSmithKline in Hong Kong say they have successfully tested a vaccine against bird flu with a very small dose. The second test of this vaccine showed th…
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Bird flu approaching Hanoi
Only 20 km from Hanoi in the southwest direction, the veterinary sector discovered an outbreak of influenza in Canh Nua commune, Thach That district, Ha Tay province. 55…
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Bird flu began to attack Hanoi
About 20 days after the Minister of Agriculture announced that Vietnam could not prepare avian influenza, Hanoi Veterinary Department today confirmed March 4 to detect H…
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Avian influenza outbreaks again in Korea
On Thursday (March 8), a representative of the Korean government confirmed that bird flu has reappeared in the central region of the country, although the Government has…
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Egypt: there were 24 patients infected with bird flu
A 4-year-old boy in Egypt has contracted H5N1 bird flu, bringing the total number of people infected to the country to 24, the Egyptian Ministry of Health said on March…
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Avian influenza virus has changed
The source of the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) on March 13 affirmed that the results of gene sequencing of influenza virus…