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- 'New Zealand quarantines 223 over bird flu (AP via Yahoo! News)
New Zealand health authorities briefly quarantined 223 people in a Korean Air plane at Auckland Airport on Tuesday after a South Korean passenger displayed bird flu symptoms, officials said.
'English Bird Flu Outbreak Is H5N1 Virus (Washington Post)
LONDON -- An outbreak of bird flu in eastern England is the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease, the government said Tuesday.
'EU confirms UK controls to stop bird flu spread (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Britain's efforts to contain the spread of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu won approval from the European Commission on Tuesday, confirming restrictions on poultry movement and setting up a series of high-risk zones.
'Bird Flu Virus at U.K. Farm Is H5N1 Strain, U.K. Says (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The bird flu virus found at a poultry farm is the deadly H5N1 strain, U.K. officials confirmed today.
'Outbreak of lethal bird flu confirmed in Britain (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Veterinary authorities confirmed on Tuesday an outbreak of the potentially lethal Asian strain of bird flu in eastern England, in a new blow to the British farming industry.
'Deadly bird flu virus found in UK birds (AP via Yahoo! News)
An outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in eastern England was confirmed Tuesday as H5N1 ? the same virulent strain that has killed scores of people around the world.
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