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Spain detected bird flu
Spain has just confirmed the first case of H5N1 infection was found in a diving bird in the northern Alava province. The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture says there is no…
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Glaxo has a vaccine against H5N1
GlaxoSmithKline, a British pharmaceutical firm, has announced that it has successfully created an avian flu vaccine caused by the H5N1 virus and can produce it.
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Thailand: 113 people suspected of catching bird flu
According to Bangkok Post, yesterday the number of suspected patients with bird flu in Thailand has increased to 113 people. The Thai Ministry of Public Health said all…
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Southeast Asia: Bird flu comes back
After a period of lull, H5N1 bird flu has reappeared in Southeast Asia with complicated developments. Continued outbreaks of new outbreaks in Thailand and Laos.
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There is a risk of pandemic influenza with the changing H5N1 strain
If two strains of influenza A and B virus are joined together, it will create a dangerous virus with high virulence and easily spread from person to person.
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Bird flu concern in Indonesia
Seven people in the same village were hospitalized in Indonesia and suspected officials were due to bird flu. This group is in Karo district in the province of North Sum…
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Detection of positive blood samples for H5N1
Test results of the HCM City Department of Animal Health recently showed that there are 2 serum samples of the flock of Suoi Tien tourist site positive for avian influen…
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Thailand: Another case of death from bird flu
The Thai Ministry of Health has officially confirmed a 27-year-old man in Ban Tung Pattana, Sawang Arom district, Uthai Thani province, died on Thursday, August 3 due to…
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Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung: Resolutely not to cause bird flu outbreak
Facing the situation of bird flu in the direction of complicated developments, on 8/8, in Hanoi, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired the meeting with the National Ste…
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The number of deaths from bird flu in Indonesia increased
Two teenagers died of H5N1, confirmed by WHO, which turned Indonesia into the world's largest bird flu death site. Indonesian Ministry of Health officials for bi & ecir
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Ben Tre detected H5 avian influenza virus in duck flock
On August 9, Ben Tre Veterinary Department sent a quick report to the Provincial People's Committee and the Steering Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention and Control…
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Has the H5N1 virus changed?
The Thai Ministry of Public Health has just announced a shocking information: the use of illegal bird flu vaccine in animals may have helped the H5N1 virus to change and…
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Ministry of Health warns: There is a risk of H5N1 mutation
Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quan Huan has just quoted the World Health Organization (WHO) warning, the risk of strain of influenza A / H5N1 virus can spread from per…
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Cats infected with H5N1 virus?
A dead cat in Germany has just tested positive for H5N1 virus. The German Federal Animal Health Research Institute will conduct further tests to see if the H5N1 virus st…
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The localities organized environmental sanitation for influenza A / H5N1
On the morning of March 7, the People's Committee of Ha Tay province coordinated with the Ministry of Health to organize an environmental sanitation campaign to prevent…