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Indonesia: The 79th death due to bird flu
On June 1, the Information Center for Avian Influenza in Indonesia announced: a 15-year-old female teenager died of bird flu. This is the 79th death in the country since…
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The Egyptians throw chickens and ducks into the water to stop the flu
When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan saw that domestic chickens and ducks in the Egyptian Nile sub-region began to show signs of trembling, standing unsteadily, he stuffed them…
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ASEAN establishes a stock of bird flu medicines
ASEAN member states have agreed to choose Singapore as a storage center for oseltamivir as an attempt to prepare for the possibility of bird flu in the region.
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Myanmar announces a new case of bird flu
In a suburban town of Yangon, the H5N1 virus has been found in some dead chickens, according to a veterinary agency (LBVD) announcement. About 1,645 laying hens on a chi…
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Japan reviewed Tamiflu-related deaths
Japanese health officials will open a new investigation on the link between Tamiflu flu medication and unusual behavior in people who have used the drug after recent dea…
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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: 2 more suspected deaths from bird flu
Indonesian Ministry of Health officials today said a teenager and a 22-year-old woman in the country were both suspected of being infected with bird flu. Preliminary tes…
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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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China, Indonesia: More people die from bird flu
On March 29, China and Indonesia announced new deaths from H5N1 bird flu. The affirmation rattles alarms in the community about national surveillance standards when deat…
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For the second time of the year, the flu returned to the South
After 21 days of no new outbreak in the country, the veterinary sector announced that the flu outbreak was controlled on March 28. But by March 30, the Department of Ani…
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Kuwait: 4 people infected with bird flu
According to a Kuwaiti health official, initial tests on four Bangladeshi employees who participated in killing and destroying chickens in Kuwait gave positive results t…
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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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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.