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BIRD FLU 

The World|Korea

New bird flu scare hits South Korea

South Korea on Saturday reported a suspected outbreak of bird flu at a farm southwest of the country.

South Korea confirms new bird flu outbreak

South Korea to cull 5m birds after new bird flu case

Nation
A guide to what the UAE is doing to keep you safe from bird flu
 
The Nation
UAE is fully geared to block deadly bird flu virus, says minister

News|The Gulf

Saudi Arabia kills 158,000 chickens after detecting bird flu virus

Saudi Arabia said it had killed some 158,000 chickens after the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain was found at an infected farm.

The World|India

Markets and roads in Kolkata sprayed

Workers sprayed roads and markets in Kolkata with disinfectants and culled thousands of birds as authorities in eastern India battled to stop an outbreak of bird flu.

The World|Bangladesh

Bangladesh on high alert as bird flu spreads

Bird flu as spread to three more districts of Bangladesh, the country's livestock department reported on Sunday.

Poultry Industry

Iran bans imports of fowl

Disease kills Indian appetite for chicken

Sale of poultry slumps to all-time low

Poultry sales recover as flu fears ease

Fresh outbreak hinders Indian poultry revival

UN officials say crisis will add to food shortages in Gaza

Ministry bans poultry from Suffolk

Authorities ready to implement poultry ban

Bird flu compensation for Bernard Matthews

More bird flu cases among Vietnam's ducks

UAE bans Czech and Togo poultry imports

Bird flu outbreak reported from Manipur poultry farm

Chicken smugglers caught in bird flu zone

Dead birds at Tripura poultry trigger avian influenza scare

German chicken tests positive for H5N1 virus

Deadline for poultry cull extended as bird flu spreads

UAE

New quarantine laws proposed

UAE 'is not at risk of bird flu outbreak'

Flamingoes tagged to monitor movement

No sign of unusual illness in wild birds

Bird flu fears drive UAE egg prices up by about 30%

UAE bans poultry from Cameroon

UAE approves study on crisis management

Chicken feast for media in bid to quell bird flu fears

Bird flu guide for travellers launched

Domestic poultry faces risk from virus

UAE geared to block bird flu

Quarantine centre at UAE-Oman border

Bird flu scare tests levels of readiness

Bird flu fight hits travellers

Steps in place to keep avian flu out

'Suspicious' samples led to ban on Saudi poultry

Ministry calls for alert to avert bird flu

Local falcons remain free from bird flu risk

'Loopholes' in bird flu prevention identified

UAE to strengthen guard against bird flu

Ministry set to boost diagnostics

UAE free of bird flu, says Al Kindi

culls

Pakistan culls thousands of poultry

75,000 birds culled in Maharashtra state

Small farms make culling difficult

Israel poisons turkeys and chickens

Gaza culls fowl amid fears of spread

New infections force India into new poultry cull

Israel kills more birds suspected of disease

Germany culls thousands of farm birds

Niger begins cull weeks after finding outbreak

New outbreaks fan fears that bird flu is spreading

Mass pig culling in South Korea

Afghanistan bans poultry imports

Bird flu scare triggers culling in Manipur

Bird flu cull begins on turkey farm

Saudi Arabia begins culling of chicken

Delhi culls chickens to contain bird flu

1,500 birds culled after bird flu outbreak in Bangladesh

Thousands of poultry culled in Bengal

Health workers continue slaughtering chickens

Saudi Arabia kills 158,000 chickens after detecting bird flu virus

Dhaka begins major culling of poultry

Bid to contain fresh bird flu outbreak in India

44,000 birds to be culled in West Bengal

Authorities order culling of 25,000 chickens in Tripura

South Korea to cull 5m birds after new bird flu case

Fresh outbreak of bird flu seen in northeastern India

Farmers

Turkey sales plummet amid bird flu fears

Birds in sanctuaries under close watch

EU to fast-track aid to poultry farmers

Peta website blames flu on poultry farms

Nine Indian poultry farmers commit suicide

Nine poultry farmers commit suicide in India

Information

Flu virus is not able to survive heat

Bird flu threat growing - WHO

Poultry workers were infected in 2003

Flu Wiki, one of the most complete authorities on pandemic

Expert says epidemic could last five years

No country safe from virus, say experts

China urges other nations to share more information

H5N1 undergoing genetic diversity

The infection's sprint across Europe

Virus could kill 100,000 children

Killer disease hard to catch

Pigeons not likely to bring deadly virus to city centres

Top expert: H5N1 worst flu virus ever

Attack of the microbes

Health authorities launch bird flu awareness drive

Pigeons 'unlikely carriers of bird flu'

United Nations delivers global bird flu warning

Bird flu factfile

Locations

UN puts Turkey neighbours on bird flu alert

Bird flu found in Saudi Arabia

WHO team arrives in Iraq to check on suspected bird flu cases

India clears all humans suspected of infection

Paris confirms bird flu in farm

Bosnia confirms first infections

Dead swan found on border with Germany

Poland on alert after confirming first case of H5

Saudi minister denies rumours of bird flu

Bird deaths reported on Bahamas island

Azerbaijan tests 11 for disease

Greece confirms four more cases in swans

Deadly strain detected in Cameroon

Myanmar reports first bird flu case

Fresh outbreak in four villages

North Korea steps up efforts to contain virus

British laboratory confirms virus

Infection resurfaces in Cambodia

Egypt suspects human H5N1 infection

Russia to tighten border controls

More bird flu cases in Malaysia

Palestinians declare emergency

Pakistan confirms H5N1 strain in poultry

The virus and its global march

Jordan confirms H5N1 virus attack

Serbia confirms first bird flu case

Eight new cases reported in India

Tests confirm H5N1 virus in dead birds

Virus found in dead birds in Volgograd

Dead migratory birds not infected with virus

Tests confirm four human cases in Egypt

Egypt reports ninth human case of virus

Germany finds H5N1 in domestic fowl

Bird flu case confirmed in UK

Nigerian H5N1 outbreak spreads to Lagos

Austrian tests negative

Scotland's swan only H5N1 case in Britain

Egypt discovers 12th human H5N1 infection

Japan tests 600 dead sparrows

Afghanistan confirms H5N1 in third province

Four dead swans test positive in Czech Republic

Pigeons not likely to bring deadly virus to city centres

Presence of H5N1 virus in Punjab confirmed

New bird flu case in Egypt

Five bird flu deaths in Indonesia

H5N1 virus caused Hungary outbreak

Bird Flu surfaces in Germany

New bird flu outbreak affects China, Indonesia and Vietnam

Tests confirm H5N1 strain in Japan

EU's first outbreak of bird flu confirmed

Japan confirms third bird flu outbreak

Russia detects bird flu in new region

Kuwait confirms 20 cases of bird flu

Islamabad finds H5N1 bird flu in dead crows

H5N1 virus reported in six Bangladesh farms

Saudis detect deadly flu virus in birds at a house

Five poultry farms found to have deadly bird flu

Five people from bird flu site kept in isolation

Bird flu vigil stepped up on Myanmar border

Bird flu-hit Manipur quarantines 51 people

H5 Bird flu reported in Suffolk

Suspected bird flu cases being tested

Indonesia's bird flu toll rises to 93

Deadly virus kills many in new outbreak

WHO experts to probe causes of outbreak

Man dies from HN51 bird flu virus in Pakistan

Investigation launched into possible transfer of bird flu among humans

No new bird flu infections in humans reported

Signs of bird flu found at petting zoo in Israel

Iran confirms outbreak of deadly bird flu

Deadly bird flu virus spreads across Thailand, India and Bangladesh

Sixth swan tests positive for bird flu

Outbreak of bird flu reported in Tibet

Pakistan finds H5N1 bird flu on Karachi farm

West Bengal: 26 people with bird flu symptoms put in isolation

Bird flu virus detected in another Bangladesh province

Bird flu alert in Turkey

Prevention

Birds caged to prevent avian flu infection

Birds in sanctuaries under close watch

Residents confident of keeping safe from bird flu

FAO satisfied with bird flu contingency plan

Donors pledge $1.9b to fight virus

Falcons placed in quarantine to reduce risk

Rumours about bird flu vaccination drive quashed

France launches vaccination programme

New Zealand among best prepared

Shut down proposed to fight pandemic

Experts debate using face masks

Hong Kong proposes drastic steps

New vaccine for poultry launched

Plan finalised to fight bird flu threat

Panel allocates Dh100m for bird flu contingency plan

Vietnamese scientists synthesise main ingredient in Tamiflu drug

China agrees to share virus samples

Sanaa opens surveillance centres

Chinese medicine versus bird flu

Birds in royal parks to be caged

Ministers draw up emergency plans for Britain

Birdwatchers drafted in to spot virus signs

Gaza authorities contain infection

Bird flu rapid action team fares well in mock exercise

Chinese avoid wild animals

US agreement allows detention of sick travellers

'Massive intervention' needed in bird flu fight

Ignorance a key factor in H5N1 infections - expert

Asia pledges joint action to fight bird flu

Tamiflu's effect on foetus under study

New restrictions at bird flu farm

Scientist says body of British diplomat may help fight bird flu

Workers break necks of chickens

Bird flu 'ignorance' hampering effort to contain virus

Leftist cadres told to battle bird flu

Markets and roads in Kolkata sprayed

Vaccinations

China develops new bird flu vaccine for poultry

New Zealand ready to vaccinate birds

WHO calls for cut in drug costs

Red Cross launches $13.7m appeal

Tamiflu maker told to ready global stockpile

Bird flu drug success claimed

Experts wary of Indonesian deal on H5N1

Breakthrough in bird flu cure research

Company launches speedy chip to detect bird flu

Victims

Virus kills Indonesian boy

Three people hospitalised in Israel

Egypt reports first death in humans from bird flu

Three-year-old dies of H5N1 infection

Woman may have been killed by virus

Bird Flu victims face mass graves

Burial plan stirs up plague images

Killer virus confirmed in another patient

Virus warning comes too late

Five members of a family infected

Limited flu transfer between humans may have occurred

Youth dies bringing bird flu toll to 37 in Indonesia

Indonesia tests seven from same village for bird flu

Thai man dies of bird flu

Girl dies of bird flu in Indonesia

Indonesian girl dies of bird flu

Chickens test positive for bird flu in south

Indonesia confirms two new cases of human bird flu

Egyptian woman dies of bird flu

Indonesia confirms 84th bird flu case

Three die of bird flu in Indonesia and China

Two-year-old girl tests positive for bird flu

Indonesian girl has bird flu, says official

Indonesian man dies of bird flu virus

Teenage boy dies of bird flu in Indonesia

Woman in China dies after contracting bird flu virus

Bird flu virus kills Vietnamese teacher

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GCC takes steps to contain bird flu
Bird flu in India may get out of hand
Ban on import of live birds from Bavaria
China finds suspected bird flu outbreak among ducks
Indonesia woman dies of bird flu
Indonesia bird flu toll rises to 90
Indonesian man dies of bird flu
Turkey cull to stem outbreak
Oman bans poultry products from Saudi Arabia
American official says weak bird flu vaccine still useful
One dead, six infected by bird flu in Pakistan
Review urges response akin to terrorism and bird flu
Attack of the microbes
Residents anxious as world's media descends on their doorstep
'No need to fear human infection from bird flu'
Kuwait set to ban Saudi imports over bird flu scare
New bird flu scare hits South Korea
India blames Bangladesh for recent spread of bird flu
Strain of bird flu found in swans in Japan
Egypt records 14th bird flu death
Family shows bird flu symptoms
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