Tuesday, October 2, 2007

AR, Newest Bird Flu Fatality in Jakarta
( KOMNAS FBPI )

Jakarta, October 1, 2007 - Ministry of Health - Test results from the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Health confirmed that a 21-year old man, known as "AR" from Cengkareng area in West Jakarta, is the most recent confirmed H5N1 case in Indonesia. Overall, Indonesia has now recorded 107 confirmed human H5N1 cases with 86 fatalities.

Bird flu outbreak reported in Russia
( Sciense Daily )

MOSCOW, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of birds at a poultry farm in Russia's southern Krasnodar Terroritory are being destroyed following an outbreak of bird flu.

50,000 birds to be euthanized by gas
50,000 birds to be eythnized by gas
( Canada.com )
Angela Hall, The Leader-Post
Published: Friday, September 28, 2007

The strain of avian influenza detected at a Regina Beach-area commercial operation is deadly to domestic poultry, but generally isn't a risk to humans, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.

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