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Japan orders slaughter of 37,000 chickens in bird flu outbreak
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» TOKYO - Japan on Tuesday ordered the slaughter of some 37,000 chickens after the country's third bird flu outbreak in less than a month, prompting Hong Kong to ban imports from the latest affected region.
Hong Kong raises bird flu alert level as woman critical
AFP, Published on 28/12/2014
» Hong Kong hospitals raised alert levels Sunday as a woman diagnosed with the deadly H7N9 avian flu virus was in a critical condition.
Dutch check farms after bird flu
AFP, Published on 17/11/2014
» THE HAGUE - Dutch officials were on Monday checking poultry farms for a highly infectious strain of bird flu following an outbreak in a central village of the virus which could infect humans.
Asia documentary makers ride wave of 'civil awareness'
AFP, Published on 18/09/2014
» HONG KONG - A wave of "civil awareness" across Taiwan, Hong Kong and China is inspiring more documentary makers to unearth stories that otherwise would not be told, according to an award-winning Taiwanese director.
Evading outbreak
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 19/08/2014
» The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa is now five months old. While states of emergency have been put into effect across West African nations in response to the epidemic, fear seems to loom near the shores of many countries around the world, including Thailand.
Two-year-old Cambodian girl dies of bird flu
AFP, Published on 17/03/2014
» A two-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, becoming the country's fourth confirmed fatality -- all children -- from the deadly virus this year, health authorities said Monday.
Macau culls 7,500 chicken over bird flu scare
AFP, Published on 13/03/2014
» Macau culled 7,500 chicken after discovering the H7-type avian influenza in live poultry for the first time in the city, authorities said Thursday, adding the birds had been imported from mainland China.
H7N9 bird flu comes home to roost in China
AFP, Published on 11/03/2014
» The handful of poultry dealers lingering at Chengbei Market have had little to do since Chinese authorities shut down their livelihoods after H7N9 bird flu began stalking the country again, killing scores of people this year.
China bird flu deaths reach 72 this year
AFP, Published on 10/03/2014
» A total of 72 people died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in China in the first two months of this year, government figures showed, far more than in the whole of 2013.
Cambodian boy dies of bird flu in second death for 2014
AFP, Published on 07/03/2014
» A three-year-old Cambodian boy has died of bird flu, the health ministry said Friday, in the country's second fatality this year.