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Bac Giang: Announcing bird flu in 3 communes
In the afternoon of November 3, Chairman of Bac Giang People's Committee decided to announce bird flu in three communes: Yen Lu (Yen Dung), Van Trung and Tang Tien (Viet…
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China: The fourth bird flu outbreak
China has reported a new outbreak of bird flu, the fourth outbreak in more than two weeks. Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan asked governments to implement an a…
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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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Do not inject the bird flu vaccine: How much is the fine?
The Government has issued a decree regulating administrative sanctions in the field of veterinary medicine, including penalizing those who do not allow vaccination for t…
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Urgently translate
Immediately after Bac Giang province announced bird flu in three communes (Tuoi Tre 4-11), the implementation of prevention and control of epidemics spread in these comm…
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The UN proposed a 7-point strategy
At the United Nations Global Health Summit held in New York (USA), yesterday, Secretary General Kofi Annan proposed a seven-point strategy to prepare to cope and stop th…
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China recommended that WHO support bird flu testing
Facing complicated developments of avian influenza, China had to ask the World Health Organization (WHO) for help. So far, three people in the country are thought to be…
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Not drastically preventing bird flu
Government regular meeting in October: Not yet drastic to prevent bird flu - An important content that the Government discussed at the October regular meeting (October 2…
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APEC, Africa and the Middle East strengthen bird flu alert
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Africa and the Middle East have increased their alertness to bird flu after the deadly virus has recently been found in many Europe…
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Not yet confirmed two deaths in Quang Binh due to bird flu
On October 30, Deputy Director of Preventive Medicine Department (Ministry of Health) Nguyen Van Binh said: 2 deaths in Quang Binh were just suspected of being infected…
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APEC coordinates response to pandemic avian influenza
On October 31, in Brisbane (Australia), officials and medical experts from 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) began a two-day meeting to st…
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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 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.
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Hope to quickly prepare bird flu vaccine
Scientists in the US and Japan have developed a genetic technique that helps pharmaceutical companies quickly produce a vaccine against the dangerous strain of avian inf…
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US announced plans to fight bird flu
Yesterday (November 1), US President George W. Bush announced a $ 7.1 billion national plan to prepare to deal with bird flu could be worldwide.