Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Indonesian teenage girl dies of bird flu
ANTARA News

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 16-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu, taking the country's confirmed human death toll from the virus to 96, a health ministry official said


Centre confirms bird flu in Bengal
( THE TIMES OF INDIA )

EW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in two districts of West Bengal, a day after the state government declared an alert in the area.

Bird Flu
10,000 fowls culled in Barisal city in a night

( THE DAILY STAR )
Our Correspondent, Barisal

Officials, joined by law enforcers including Rab, cordoned about two-kilometre area in Barisal city Monday night, caught about 10,000 fowls from houses and small farms and culled them after detection of bird flu in two indigenous dead hens.

H5N1 Bird Flu: What You Need to Know
( NEWS LOCALE )

TUESDAY, JAN 15, (News Locale) - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has struck again in India, this time two districts are the target. In the last 10 days, untimely and mysterious death of poultry animals was reported from Birbhum and South Dinajpur districts in the state.

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