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- 'Indonesia hands out kits to fight bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesian officials Thursday began distributing kits containing masks, gloves and bars of soap to fight bird flu in villages across the archipelago nation, they said.
'WHO official - bird flu pandemic "almost certain" (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
PARIS (Reuters) - A bird flu pandemic is almost certain to occur in the long term, but the likelihood of a large-scale outbreak in humans in the next few years is less clear, a World Health Organization official said on Thursday.
'FACTBOX-WHO figures for bird flu cases in humans (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters May 31 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed on its Web site on Thursday that a 45-year-old Indonesian man from Central Java province has died of bird flu. Of the 98 cases ...
'Bird flu waning but global pandemic risk still high (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The spread of bird flu may be waning but the world must keep up its guard against the threat of a human influenza pandemic, which is almost certain in the longer term, senior health experts said on Thursday.
'Officials fear bird flu epidemic in Vietnam (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The list of bird-flu hit areas in Vietnam has become longer with the latest outbreaks in two more northern provinces as officials said Wednesday they worry the deadly virus will not stop spreading.
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