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Vietnam culls swifts after bird flu hits
dpa, Published on 25/04/2013
» Authorities in central Vietnam culled nearly 10,000 swifts after samples of dead birds tested positive for the type A H5N1 influenza virus, news reports said on Thursday.
Bird flu poses 'exceptional situation'
AFP, Published on 11/04/2013
» The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on Thursday said H7N9 bird flu posed an "exceptional situation" as the outbreak among Chinese poultry claimed a 10th human victim.
Indonesia fears shuttlecock shortage
AFP, Published on 09/04/2013
» JAKARTA - Badminton-crazy Indonesia is concerned a deadly bird-flu outbreak could claim an unlikely victim - the shuttlecock.
Cambodia fights bird-flu surge
AFP, Published on 09/04/2013
» As China scrambles to contain a deadly new strain of bird flu, Cambodia is battling a spike in the better known H5N1 strain that is baffling experts a decade after a major outbreak began in Asia.
China bird flu outbreak 'devastating' poultry sales
AFP, Published on 09/04/2013
» China's bird flu outbreak is "devastating" poultry sales, an industry group said Tuesday as the death toll from the H7N9 virus rose to nine.
No proof China bird flu spreading between humans: WHO
AFP, Published on 08/04/2013
» The World Health Organisation said Monday there is no evidence China's bird flu is spreading between humans, but jitters over the outbreak that has killed six people saw airline and tourism shares slump.
China closes markets, culls birds to curb H7N9 virus
AFP, Published on 05/04/2013
» Shanghai ordered all live poultry markets in the city closed on Friday after culling more than 20,000 birds to curb the spread of the H7N9 flu virus, which has killed six people in China.
China reports fifth H7N9 bird flu death
AFP, Published on 04/04/2013
» A new strain of bird flu has claimed two more lives in China's business capital of Shanghai, taking the total number of human deaths attributed to the H7N9 virus to five, state media said Thursday.
China reports another death from H7N9 bird flu
AFP, Published on 03/04/2013
» A man in the Chinese province of Zhejiang has died of the H7N9 strain of bird flu, state media said Wednesday, bringing the total deaths attributed to the virus to three since the first human cases.
Thailand clear of H7N9 bird flu
Online Reporters, Published on 02/04/2013
» The Public Health Ministry has confirmed there is no sign of H7N9 bird flu in Thailand, calming fears after reports that two people in China had died of this lesser-known strain of the deadly virus.