Indonesia reports 2 avian flu cases (CIDRAP) Jan 8, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Two Indonesians have been hospitalized in less than a week with H5N1 avian influenza infections, the country’s first in more than a month, according to news services. [News Source]

Jabs for farmers to combat bird flu (Times Online) Thousands of poultry workers are to be offered free influenza jabs in an attempt to stop new forms of bird flu emerging.... [News Source]

Bird flu, climate change among Asia’s threats (AFP via Yahoo! News) Asian nations must unite to confront bird flu, climate change and a growing list of other issues that threaten the region, analysts said at a conference. [News Source]

WB interested to support Bangladesh’s Avian Flu Programme (Financial Express) World Bank (WB) is interested to take part in Bangladesh's Avian Influenza Programme worth 38 million US dollars over a period of five years from 2007 to 2011, reports UNB. [News Source]

Vietnam conducts anti-bird flu rehearsal. Vietnam on Sunday implemented a rehearsal on combating potential bird flu outbreaks among people in northern Quang Ninh province. [News Source]

Thai police seize illegal bird flu vaccine. Thai police said Sunday they had seized 1,800 bottles of contraband bird flu vaccine worth over 20 million baht (558,000 dollars), in what is believed to be the biggest such bust in Thailand. [News Source]

Organic food boom boosting sales. Singapore seems to be in the midst of an organic food craze. [News Source]

WHO, FAO Seek to Investigate Avian Flu Outbreaks in Vietnam (Voice of America) In December, avian influenza broke out in three southern Vietnamese provinces. Although Vietnam has a record of acting quickly to halt outbreaks of the virus, this time, farmers were reluctant to inform the government, slowing containment efforts. Matt Steinglass has more from Hanoi. [News Source]

Avian flu strikes boy in Jakarta, Hong Kong bird. Indonesia's Health Ministry said yesterday that local tests confirm that a 14-year-old boy hospitalized in Jakarta has been infected with the H5N1 strain. [News Source]

Bird flu vaccine for poultry still banned in Thailand (MCOT) BANGKOK, Jan 8 (TNA) - Bird flu vaccine for poultry is still under banned in the kingdom as Thai experts need to jointly decide whether to give the greenlight to its use, according to Public Health Minister Dr. Mongkol Na Songkhla. [News Source]

Bird flu, climate change among Asia’s threats (Channel NewsAsia) SINGAPORE : Asian nations must unite to confront bird flu, climate change and a growing list of other issues that threaten the region, analysts said Monday at a conference. [News Source]