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H5 strain virus appeared in England and spread in Japan
On February 2, the British veterinary agency announced that the H5 strain of avian influenza has been detected on 1,000 dead chickens at a chicken farm in northeast Lond…
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You deal with bird flu
Tens of thousands of turkeys have been destroyed on a Suffolk farm to prevent the outbreak of H5N1 in the UK. Authorities are also set
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He destroyed 150,000 turkeys with poison gas
More than 150,000 turkeys on a farm in Suffolk, eastern England, have been destroyed by toxic gas after officials confirmed the H5N1 virus appeared here.
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Avian influenza outbreak in Japan after 2 years
Japan has just confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in Miyazaki Prefecture, 900 km southwest of Tokyo. This is the first outbreak in Japan since 2005.
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Bird flu comes to Thailand
For the first time in 6 months, an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has occurred in Thailand. The Thai government has confirmed the outbreak of the disease after 100 ducks in P…
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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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Avian influenza re-emerges in Vietnam
The first outbreak appeared on December 6 in Khanh Hung commune, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province, killing more than 2,500 poultry. One day later, Bac Lieu provin…
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Bird flu recurrence in the Mekong Delta: The epidemic is expanding!
The avian influenza epidemic is complicated and has a recurring trend in the Mekong Delta. Facing this situation, on December 28, MARD organized a conference to urgently…
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China: Dozens of students are hospitalized for suspected bird flu
Chinese officials said on Monday that 60 students and a teacher from a school in the north had to be hospitalized after a suspected bird flu outbreak.
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Sparrow carrying H5N1
Chinese scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virus Studies (Hubei) have reported the discovery of the H5N1 virus on finches two years ago. This is the first time scienti…
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Korea destroyed poultry
Korean epidemiological sanitation officials will destroy 236,000 poultry, after an outbreak of influenza caused by the H5N1 virus was discovered in the country.
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South Korea discovered the third bird flu drive
On December 11, South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture said it has found a third case of high-level bird flu in North Cholla province, south of Seoul.
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Not to re-start bird flu
On August 22, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sent an urgent request to the Chairman of the People's Committee of provinces and cities to ask for the highest effort to ca…
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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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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…