Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, 2nd in week
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Egyptian woman died of bird flu on Sunday, the second fatality among humans in Egypt in less than one week, the Health Ministry said
China's latest bird flu patient discharged from hospital
Xinhua
NANJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The latest bird flu patient was discharged from an unidentified hospital on Dec. 26 in the eastern province of Jiangsu, local health authorities said.
WHO confirms H5N1 cases in Egypt, Vietnam
CIDRAP News
Dec 28, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed three human cases of H5N1 avian influenza in Vietnam and Egypt, one of which was fatal, raising the global H5N1 count to 346 cases with 213 deaths.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
WHO confirms H5N1 case in Pakistan cluster
CIDRAP News
Robert Roos News Editor
Dec 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced its first confirmation of a human case of H5N1 avian influenza in Pakistan, in a young man who was part of a family cluster of suspected cases and died of the disease.
Bird flu death toll in Vietnam nears 50
RIA Novosti
09:34 | 27/ 12/ 2007
HANOI, December 27 (RIA Novosti) - The Vietnamese Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday the 47th known death in the country from bird flu.
European countries report more H5N1 in poultry
CIDRAP News
Dec 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Germany, Poland, and Russia recently reported fresh outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in poultry, according to media accounts and reports from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
CIDRAP News
Robert Roos News Editor
Dec 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced its first confirmation of a human case of H5N1 avian influenza in Pakistan, in a young man who was part of a family cluster of suspected cases and died of the disease.
Bird flu death toll in Vietnam nears 50
RIA Novosti
09:34 | 27/ 12/ 2007
HANOI, December 27 (RIA Novosti) - The Vietnamese Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday the 47th known death in the country from bird flu.
European countries report more H5N1 in poultry
CIDRAP News
Dec 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Germany, Poland, and Russia recently reported fresh outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in poultry, according to media accounts and reports from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Avian flu deaths reported in Egypt, Indonesia, Vietnam
CIDRAP News
Dec 26, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – A young woman in Egypt and another of almost the same age in Indonesia died of H5N1 avian influenza yesterday, raising the global H5N1 death toll to 211, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
Russia Culls 600,000 Chickens At Avian Flu-Hit Farm
AHN
December 25, 2007 9:15 p.m. EST
Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer
Rostov-On-Don, Russia (AHN) - More than 600,000 chickens were culled at a Russian farm on Tuesday after tests confirmed an outbreak of the avian influenza virus.
Pigeons 'unlikely carriers of bird flu'
( Gulf News )
By Mariam M. Al Serkal, Staff Reporter
Dubai: Pigeons and doves are unlikely to carry the H5N1 bird flu virus, a top municipality official said yesterday.
CIDRAP News
Dec 26, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – A young woman in Egypt and another of almost the same age in Indonesia died of H5N1 avian influenza yesterday, raising the global H5N1 death toll to 211, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
Russia Culls 600,000 Chickens At Avian Flu-Hit Farm
AHN
December 25, 2007 9:15 p.m. EST
Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer
Rostov-On-Don, Russia (AHN) - More than 600,000 chickens were culled at a Russian farm on Tuesday after tests confirmed an outbreak of the avian influenza virus.
Pigeons 'unlikely carriers of bird flu'
( Gulf News )
By Mariam M. Al Serkal, Staff Reporter
Dubai: Pigeons and doves are unlikely to carry the H5N1 bird flu virus, a top municipality official said yesterday.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Indonesia reports 94th bird flu death
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 24-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu in the capital Jakarta, the health ministry said Wednesday, bringing the toll in the nation worst hit by the H5N1 virus to 94.
Vietnamese child dies suspectedly from bird flu
Xinhua
www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-26 10:15:14 Print
HANOI, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A four-year old child from Vietnam's northern Son La province has recently died after showing bird flu symptoms, local newspaper Labor reported Wednesday
China tests human bird flu vaccine
( PRESS TV )
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:59:30
China has announced its success in the second phase clinical testing of the human vaccine against H5N1 virus which causes the avian flu.
UAE ready to deal with bird flu threat
( Khaleej Times )
By Asma Ali Zain (Our Staff Reporter)
24 December 2007
DUBAI — Health authorities in the country are reviewing the international situation on avian flu and are expected to update the existing plans to monitor the spread of the disease in the country as holidayers return.
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 24-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu in the capital Jakarta, the health ministry said Wednesday, bringing the toll in the nation worst hit by the H5N1 virus to 94.
Vietnamese child dies suspectedly from bird flu
Xinhua
www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-26 10:15:14 Print
HANOI, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A four-year old child from Vietnam's northern Son La province has recently died after showing bird flu symptoms, local newspaper Labor reported Wednesday
China tests human bird flu vaccine
( PRESS TV )
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:59:30
China has announced its success in the second phase clinical testing of the human vaccine against H5N1 virus which causes the avian flu.
UAE ready to deal with bird flu threat
( Khaleej Times )
By Asma Ali Zain (Our Staff Reporter)
24 December 2007
DUBAI — Health authorities in the country are reviewing the international situation on avian flu and are expected to update the existing plans to monitor the spread of the disease in the country as holidayers return.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Indonesia clears four of bird flu in cluster probe
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia has cleared four out of six members of a family hospitalised with bird flu symptoms, a health official said on Saturday, in a case that has raised concerns over potential human-to-human spread of the disease.
Polish government says new H5N1 flu confirmed
AFP
1 day ago
WARSAW (AFP) — A new outbreak of the potentially lethal H5N1 avian flu has been detected in northern Poland where cases have already been reported, the Polish Agriculture Ministry said Saturday
Common buzzard found dead in HK tests positive for H5N1
Xinhua
www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-21 21:37:12 Print
HONG KONG, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The common buzzard that was found dead earlier on Hong Kong's largest but thinly populated island tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said Friday.
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia has cleared four out of six members of a family hospitalised with bird flu symptoms, a health official said on Saturday, in a case that has raised concerns over potential human-to-human spread of the disease.
Polish government says new H5N1 flu confirmed
AFP
1 day ago
WARSAW (AFP) — A new outbreak of the potentially lethal H5N1 avian flu has been detected in northern Poland where cases have already been reported, the Polish Agriculture Ministry said Saturday
Common buzzard found dead in HK tests positive for H5N1
Xinhua
www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-21 21:37:12 Print
HONG KONG, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The common buzzard that was found dead earlier on Hong Kong's largest but thinly populated island tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said Friday.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Five suspected bird flu patients moved to AI center
Serang, Banten (ANTARA News) - After three days of medical treatment at the Serang General Hospital, five suspected bird flu patients were moved to the special Avian-Flu (AI) center at the Jakarta-based Persahabatan Hospital by four ambulances on Friday.
Only limited human H5N1 spread in Pakistan
Khaleej Times
(Reuters)
21 December 2007
GENEVA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) suspects there has been only limited human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus in Pakistan, but international test results are pending, an official said on Friday.
Reports of potential H5N1 cases rise in Pakistan
Robert Roos News Editor
Dec 18, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Vigilance engendered by the possible family cluster of H5N1 avian influenza cases in Pakistan has led to many more reports of potential cases there, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said today.
More Bird Flu Cases From Tangerang
(Komnas FBPI)
Jakarta, December 14, 2007 - Bird Flu Information Center - A 47-year old man known as "M", from Cipondoh subDistrict, Tangerang Municipality in Banten Province is infected with the H5N1 influenza virus, according to tests conducted by the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Healthand the Eijkman Institute in Jakarta.
Serang, Banten (ANTARA News) - After three days of medical treatment at the Serang General Hospital, five suspected bird flu patients were moved to the special Avian-Flu (AI) center at the Jakarta-based Persahabatan Hospital by four ambulances on Friday.
Only limited human H5N1 spread in Pakistan
Khaleej Times
(Reuters)
21 December 2007
GENEVA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) suspects there has been only limited human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus in Pakistan, but international test results are pending, an official said on Friday.
Reports of potential H5N1 cases rise in Pakistan
Robert Roos News Editor
Dec 18, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Vigilance engendered by the possible family cluster of H5N1 avian influenza cases in Pakistan has led to many more reports of potential cases there, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said today.
More Bird Flu Cases From Tangerang
(Komnas FBPI)
Jakarta, December 14, 2007 - Bird Flu Information Center - A 47-year old man known as "M", from Cipondoh subDistrict, Tangerang Municipality in Banten Province is infected with the H5N1 influenza virus, according to tests conducted by the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Healthand the Eijkman Institute in Jakarta.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Donors pledge $406 million to fight avian flu
Dec 7, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – International donors at this week's New Delhi conference on avian and pandemic influenza pledged about $406 million, including $195 million from the United States, to fight H5N1 avian flu, according to news reports.
One dies of bird flu in China
( The Hindu )
NANJING: A man in east China’s Jiangsu province died of bird flu on Sunday, the provincial health department reported.
Dec 7, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – International donors at this week's New Delhi conference on avian and pandemic influenza pledged about $406 million, including $195 million from the United States, to fight H5N1 avian flu, according to news reports.
One dies of bird flu in China
( The Hindu )
NANJING: A man in east China’s Jiangsu province died of bird flu on Sunday, the provincial health department reported.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Chinese man dies of bird flu
( Stuff.co.nz )
Reuters | Monday, 03 December 2007
A man in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu has died of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, the official Xinhua news agency has said, in the first case in the country since June.
Campaign to Combat Bird Flu in Full Swing
Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News
RIYADH , 2 December 2007 — More than four million birds have been culled in the Kingdom since avian flu was first detected on Nov. 12 in 1,500 birds at a farm in Al-Kharj, said Agriculture Minister Dr. Fahd Balghunaim.
Bird flu virus remains entrenched in six nations: Report
( The Times Of India )
30 Nov 2007,
NEW YORK: Most of the countries in the world are now prepared to take quick measures to tackle avian flu, however the virus H5N1, which still remains entrenched in six nations, pose a worldwide threat, a joint UN-World Bank report has warned.
( Stuff.co.nz )
Reuters | Monday, 03 December 2007
A man in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu has died of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, the official Xinhua news agency has said, in the first case in the country since June.
Campaign to Combat Bird Flu in Full Swing
Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News
RIYADH , 2 December 2007 — More than four million birds have been culled in the Kingdom since avian flu was first detected on Nov. 12 in 1,500 birds at a farm in Al-Kharj, said Agriculture Minister Dr. Fahd Balghunaim.
Bird flu virus remains entrenched in six nations: Report
( The Times Of India )
30 Nov 2007,
NEW YORK: Most of the countries in the world are now prepared to take quick measures to tackle avian flu, however the virus H5N1, which still remains entrenched in six nations, pose a worldwide threat, a joint UN-World Bank report has warned.
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