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Indonesia banned poultry farming in the capital
Mayor of Jakarta announced a ban on all types of poultry in the city. In the immediate future, the city urges people to voluntarily execute this order but the regulation…
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H5N1 deformed in Egypt
The World Health Organization, WHO, said that in the last two cases of H5N1 human avian influenza in Egypt last month there was a deformed virus that reduced the effecti…
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4 more communes have avian influenza
* Department of Animal Health said on January 18 in Bac Lieu, bird flu spreads more in two livestock households in Phong Thanh Dong communes (Gia Rai district), Chau Tho…
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Detection of genetically modified H5N1 virus
Scientists have found genetically modified strains of bird flu in two patients in Egypt. They are resistant to drugs commonly used to treat bird flu, World Health Organi…
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The strain of avian influenza in Korea differs in Southeast Asia
Last month's outbreak of avian influenza in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, was caused by a strain of H5N1 virus different from the H5N1 strain in Southeast A…
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France tests bird flu
French officials say it is not possible to rule out the possibility of bird flu on a farm, where four thousand chickens died on Saturday. Officials are testing samples t…
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Avian influenza re-emerges in Vietnam
The first outbreak appeared on December 6 in Khanh Hung commune, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province, killing more than 2,500 poultry. One day later, Bac Lieu provin…
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The new flu pandemic could kill 62 million people
A similarly dangerous influenza virus that once caused the Spanish flu in 1918 could kill 62 million people in the world if it breaks out again, Crawl researchers
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Do not let bird flu continue to spread
On December 22, the Prime Minister has sent Electricity to ministries, ministerial-level agencies and government-attached agencies; National Steering Committee for preve…
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Egypt discovered 3 more people infected with bird flu
Egypt has discovered three new cases of human avian flu, all of which belong to a family in the town of Zifta, Gharbiya province, 90 km north of Cairo. Office of the Wor…
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Bird flu threatens to
In the afternoon of December 26, at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza, Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Deve…
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Bird flu recurrence in the Mekong Delta: The epidemic is expanding!
The avian influenza epidemic is complicated and has a recurring trend in the Mekong Delta. Facing this situation, on December 28, MARD organized a conference to urgently…
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China: Dozens of students are hospitalized for suspected bird flu
Chinese officials said on Monday that 60 students and a teacher from a school in the north had to be hospitalized after a suspected bird flu outbreak.
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Egypt is puzzled by the evolution of bird flu
In just four days, Egypt witnessed 3 deaths from bird flu, bringing the total number of people killed by H5N1 virus in the country to 10 and causing concerns about the s…
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Zoning, stamping, not spreading
On December 31 morning, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung directed the prevention and control of avian influenza in Ca Mau province and the southern provinces of Hau river…