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- India seals part of border over bird flu (TVNZ)
Dec 18, 2008 - India sealed part of its border with Bangladesh on Friday amid fears the latest outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus had spread to new areas, officials said. - India seals part of Bangladesh border over bird flu (AlertNet)
Dec 18, 2008 - Source: Reuters (Recasts, adds quotes, details) KOLKATA, India, Dec 18 (Reuters) - India sealed part of its border with Bangladesh on Thursday amid fears the latest outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus had spread to ... - East India increases bird flu cull, more testing (AlertNet)
Dec 18, 2008 - Source: Reuters By Sujoy Dhar KOLKATA, India, Dec 18 (Reuters) - State authorities in east India stepped up poultry culling amid fears the latest outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus had spread to new areas, ... - EGYPT: First bird flu fatality in six months (AlertNet)
Dec 18, 2008 - Source: IRIN Egypt suffered its first bird flu fatality in six months when a girl died on 15 December, bringing the death toll from the disease to 23. Health Ministry spokesman Abdel-Rahman Shahin told IRIN in Cairo the death was the first since April 2008. - FACTBOX-WHO figures for bird flu cases in humans (AlertNet)
Dec 17, 2008 - Source: Reuters Dec 17 (Reuters) - The WHO confirmed on Tuesday the death of a 16-year-old Egyptian female who died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu the day before. Of the 51 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 23 have ... - Indian villagers resist bird flu poultry cull (AlertNet)
Dec 17, 2008 - Source: Reuters By Sujoy Dhar KOLKATA, India, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Efforts by state authorities in east India to cull poultry to contain the latest outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus are being thwarted by poor ... - Bird flu flares anew in Asia, Egypt, raising uneasy questions (Chinapost.com.tw)
Dec 16, 2008 - HONG KONG -- The re-emergence of bird flu in in Asia and Egypt has prompted experts to ask tough questions: are poultry vaccines effective against a virus that is constantly mutating, and are governments doing enough to stop it spreading? - Health, emergency staff get drugs 1st in pandemic (AlertNet)
Dec 16, 2008 - Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Health care and emergency services workers who might help sick people during an influenza pandemic should take antiviral drugs throughout the epidemic, the U.S. ... - Health, emergency staff get drugs first in pandemic (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Dec 16, 2008 - Health care and emergency services workers who might help sick people during an influenza pandemic should take antiviral drugs throughout the epidemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in new guidance released on Tuesday. - China reports bird flu outbreak (Channel NewsAsia)
Dec 16, 2008 - BEIJING: Chinese authorities have begun destroying and vaccinating poultry after an outbreak of bird flu was discovered in the east of the country, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.