bird flu [6]
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:01:45 +0000 | Newsvina Asia
Bird flu has resurfaced in parts of Asia, with human deaths reported in Indonesia and China and fresh outbreaks plaguing other countries during the winter months when the virus typically flares.
WHO Urges Vigilance As Bird Flu Spreads
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:15:00 +0000 | Newsvina Asia
The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.
WHO Investigates Bird Flu in Pakistan
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:15:29 +0000 | Newsvina Asia
Limited human-to-human bird flu transmission may have occurred in Pakistan, but no new infections have been reported for two weeks and there appears to be no threat of further spread, a top World Health Organization official said.
China reports bird flu outbreak in far west (Reuters)
Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:41:05 GMT | Yahoo! News
Reuters - China has reported an outbreak in poultry of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in its far west Xinjiang region, Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
China says latest bird flu outbreak under control (Reuters)
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:29:55 GMT | Yahoo! News
Reuters - China's latest outbreak in poultry of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, in the far western region of Xinjiang, has been brought under control, state media reported.
China says son likely infected father with bird flu (Reuters)
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:07:29 GMT | Yahoo! News
Reuters - A Chinese man who died of bird flu last
month likely passed the disease on to his father, but there is
no evidence the virus mutated into a form which can be easily
passed between humans, an official said on Thursday.
China reports bird flu outbreak in poultry in Tibet (Reuters)
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:44:01 GMT | Yahoo! News
Reuters - China has detected an outbreak of the
highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry in Tibet,
a government Web site said on Tuesday.
