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H7N9 virus can attack Vietnam and some Asian countries
H7N9 is an influenza A virus that has claimed the lives of about 100 people since it appeared in March 2013 in China.
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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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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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Bird flu is complicated in Asia
Avian influenza is continuing to cause concern in Asia after Indonesia has more people died of bird flu and many are hospitalized for suspected infection. Meanwhile, Jap…
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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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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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Avian influenza outbreaks in Asia
Vietnam and China have announced the discovery of new outbreaks while Japan has destroyed 180,000 heads of poultry when detecting signs of bird flu at the farm.
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Asia: 102 million USD for the fight against bird flu
A senior UN official today said the cost of fighting the spread of bird flu in Southeast Asian countries over the next 2-3 years will amount to 102 million USD.
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Avian influenza continues to deteriorate in Europe and Asia
On October 25, Indonesia confirmed that another resident of the country died from the H5N1 virus. Meanwhile, China also said hundreds of farmed geese died of bird flu.
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Need to quickly kill bird flu in Southeast Asia
European countries are now too frightened by the progress of bird flu but forget that the 'need to kill' of this disease is still in Southeast Asia. Yesterday, Mr. Peter…
Computer science
Intel 'Asian', 'wary' American market
Strong demand from new markets, as well as a wave of low-cost laptops will help Intel to do business easily in Asia throughout the year. However, the chip giant will hav…
Computer science
Opening Asia - Pacific Conference on network security
On the morning of August 28, in Hanoi, the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on cybersecurity was jointly organized by the ITU International Telecommunication Union in co…
Computer science
The domain name '.asia' will be available in October
Internet addresses end with tails
Computer science
Asia beat Europe on mobile TV
Asia will surpass Europe in terms of both speed and scope of mobile TV technology applications, especially when Europe is struggling to find frequency bands for ... tele…