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Avian flu appears in Poland
On March 5, Polish TVP3 confirmed the country's first case of bird flu after testing the H5N1 virus in a dead swan two days ago in Torun, northern Poland.
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Spain destroyed more than 17,000 H5N8 suspected ducks
Spanish authorities announced that they would destroy more than 17,000 ducks after discovering the strain on a duck farm in Catalonia.
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South Korea has more cases of bird flu in dogs
On March 24, South Korea announced it had discovered a number of cases of bird flu infection in dogs, thereby providing further evidence that the virus has spread to oth…
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H7 strain bird flu first appeared in Macau
On March 13, the government of the Special Administrative Region of Macau (China) said it had discovered for the first time the H7 bird flu virus in live poultry samples…
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Dangerous virus attacking seals can spread to humans
A newly emerging avian influenza virus causes severe pneumonia in the northeast coast of the United States, leading to death, and poses a risk to humans, the study resul…
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Super avian influenza virus becomes a biological bomb?
The type of bird flu virus that can infect and kill millions of people at the same time will not be disclosed by microbiologists. However, scientists warn, these figures…
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Bird flu re-outbreaks, increasing the burden of disease
On the morning of November 2, Mr. Hoang Van Nam, Deputy Director of the Animal Health Department confirmed that the H5N1 avian influenza epidemic has re-emerged after a…
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Announcing the genome of 150 types of avian influenza viruses
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) government and scientists, together with university and industry partners, have published the entire gene coding sequence of 150…
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Avian flu appears in Togo
For the first time, bird flu has appeared in Togo. Information was confirmed by officials after independent tests in Italy. Recently, thousands of poultry have been foun…
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Avian flu broke out in many localities
The Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) has just officially confirmed that the bird flu has re-emerged in a series of communes in…
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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: Avian flu is a national disaster
Indonesian Planning Minister Paskah Suzetta said on Monday that the country will declare a bird flu as a national disaster to help the government access special funds to…
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Avian flu: continues to spread
On March 21, the Pakistani government confirmed its first two outbreaks. Malaysia announced the discovery of a third outbreak within a week. Earlier, Egypt reported a th…
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Indonesia: the ability of avian flu to spread from person to person
The World Health Organization on November 29 said the 16-year-old was confirmed as the 12th bird flu case in Indonesia, with two brothers dying with similar symptoms a f…
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Avian flu occurs in Canada
On October 31, Canadian officials announced the discovery of waterbirds infected with bird flu in Quebec and Manitoba, but this is not a dangerous H5N1 strain.