Bird flu kills 4-year-old boy in Indonesia CBC.ca
A 4-year-old Indonesian boy has died from bird flu, bringing the death toll to 160 in the country hardest-hit by the deadly virus, a health official said Tuesday. While the H5N1 bird flu virus has killed relatively few people, scientists have been ...
Kerala issues bird flu alert The Hindu
Kerala's Animal Husbandry Department on Tuesday issued a red alert in the State following the outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) at the Hesaraghatta Farm of the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) in Karnataka. AHD Director K.G. Suma ...
Indonesia reports 9th birdflu death this year Xinhua
Two laboratory tests confirmed that he was positive on having H5N1 virus, putting the the total death to 159 out of 191 cases since the viruses first attacked the country in 2005. The self-employed man first felt the symtomps of the disease on July 24 ...
Cambodian girl, 10, dies from bird flu: WHO AFP
Hospital tests confirmed she had contracted the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. "There is evidence of recent deaths among poultry in the village and the patient prepared sick chicken for food prior to becoming sick," the statement said.
Avian Flu Outbreak in South Korea Radio Cadena Agramonet
South Korean authorities on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) at a poultry farm in South Chungcheong province. Some 100 chickens showed the LPAI symptoms, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing ...
