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- 'Indonesia using band-aid methods to fight bird flu: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia is using band-aid solutions to combat bird flu, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, warning more people could die if outbreaks among poultry are not contained.
'Bird flu reports may be low (Boston Globe)
PARIS -- A number of countries in the throes of serious bird flu outbreaks are underreporting the extent of the problem, generally because they do not have the money, veterinary expertise, or health systems to track the disease adequately in animals, international health officials said yesterday.
'Indonesia begins slaughtering poultry in bird flu area; 1 death every 2 1/2 days (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Officials slaughtered more than 1,000 poultry Thursday in an Indonesian village where preliminary tests showed a 15-year-old boy died from bird flu, as the country struggled with a sudden rise in deaths averaging one every 2 1/2 days last month.
'Bird flu tracking needs help (San Francisco Chronicle)
Some countries in the throes of serious bird flu outbreaks are underreporting the extent of the problem, generally because they do not have the money, veterinary expertise or public health systems to track the disease adequately in animals, international...
'Bureaucracy hurts battle with bird flu (The Columbus Dispatch)
JAKARTA, Indonesia ? Indonesia averaged one human bird flu death every 2 1 /2 days in May, putting it on pace to surpass Vietnam soon as the hardest-hit country.
'Fifty-four people in Indonesian bird flu quarantine: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
More than 50 people who may have come into contact with an Indonesian family decimated by bird flu have been placed in voluntary quarantine, the World Health Organisation said.
'WHO stumped by Indonesian bird flu cluster (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has admitted it was having difficulty identifying the source of bird flu infection in a case where seven people in the same family died of the virus.
'Bird flu explodes in Indonesia (AP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia averaged one human bird flu death every 2 1/2 days in May, putting it on pace to soon surpass Vietnam as the world's hardest-hit country.
'Bird flu explodes in Indonesia, one death every 2 days in May (USA Today)
Indonesia averaged one human bird flu death every 2 days in May, putting it on pace to soon surpass Vietnam as the world's hardest-hit country.
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