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- 'Nation faces shortage of vaccine after demand surges over bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Britain is facing a chronic shortage of flu vaccine after an unprecedented surge in demand fuelled by fears of bird flu.
'More bird flu cases found in Russia (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Russian vets have found bird flu in a village in the southern Urals where 31 birds died, an Emergencies Ministry official said on Saturday.
'Countries try to prevent bird flu cases (USA Today)
Britain and Croatia confirmed cases of bird flu on Friday as countries around the world scrambled to put in place measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
'Croatia begins bird flu cull (CNN.com)
GRUDNJAK FISH POND, Croatia (Reuters) -- Croatian authorities on Saturday started culling all poultry around a fish pond where the country's first bird flu case was confirmed, and police sealed off the area.
'China to shut borders if bird flu mutates (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
China will close its borders if it finds a single case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu there, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Saturday, while a defiant Taiwan said it would copy a patented antiviral drug.
'Croatia steps up measures against bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Croatian authorities stepped up measures to fight bird flu after the disease's virus was discovered on samples taken from wild swans in the Balkans country.
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