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).