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- 'Bird flu panic grips Siliguri (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Siliguri/Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Bird flu scare has gripped Siliguri in north Bengal following the death of over 2,000 poultry birds even as the West Bengal animal husbandry department said the birds died for reasons other than the H5N1 virus as avian influenza is medically known.
'Bangladesh culls more chickens as bird flu spreads (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh has culled about 25,000 more chickens over the past four days as bird flu spread to eight additional farms, officials said on Tuesday.
'Indonesia and WHO Near Agreement on Sharing of Bird Flu Samples (Voice of America)
Indonesian health officials say they are hopeful a new international agreement will be reached next week over the sharing of bird flu samples for vaccine research. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, where Indonesia's 75th human death from bird flu has just been announced.
'Bird flu kills Indonesian woman (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu has killed a woman in Indonesia, taking the death toll in the country worst hit by the deadly virus to 75, a health ministry official said Monday.
'Indonesia to press bird flu case at WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia will urge World Health Organisation members to scrap the existing international policy on bird flu samples when the body meets later this month, a senior health official said here Tuesday.
'World Bank grants Uzbekistan $3 mln for bird flu prevention (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
TASHKENT, May 8 (RIA Novosti) - The World Bank has approved a $2.96 mln grant for Uzbekistan to help the Central Asian republic with bird flu prevention measures, the WB office in the Uzbek capital said Tuesday.
'India tests chickens for bird flu after deaths (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Indian authorities were testing dead poultry for bird flu in an eastern state after more than 3,000 birds were found dead, officials said on Tuesday.
'Suspected bird flu surfaces in West Bengal (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
Matigara (West Bengal), May 8 (ANI): Authorities in West Bengal have tested dead poultry for bird flu after more than 3,000 birds were found dead, officials said on Tuesday. The dead chickens were found over the past two days at poultry farms in remote Matigara village in the State, close to the border with Bangladesh that has witnessed several outbreaks of the H5N1 bird flu virus in ...
'Bird flu update: 7 May 2007 (SciDev.net)
Below is a round-up of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article.
'Indonesia`s bird flu death toll rises to 75 (Antara News)
A 29-year-old woman has died of bird-flu in Indonesia, bringing the country's total number of human deaths from the H5N1 strain of the virus to 75, a health official said Tuesday.
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