UK farm says turkey from outside Hungary flu zone. The British poultry company hit by a bird flu outbreak denied on Friday it had broken rules by importing meat from parts of Hungary that were off limits because of an outbreak there. [News Source]

SA latest country to ban UK imports. South Africa announced on Thursday it was banning imports of all poultry products from Britain after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus was discovered on a turkey farm in eastern England last weekend. [News Source]

Who pays to stop a pandemic? Bird flu has not yet turned into a pandemic, but it is already killing the meager hopes of some of the world’s poorest people. [News Source]

Nigeria: Avian Influenza – One Year After, Another Storm (AllAfrica.com) It was early in 2006 that most Nigerians were introduced to the virus called avian influenza. Before then, not many people have heard of bird flu beyond the known traditional diseases that afflict birds and chickens. [News Source]

Turkish children tested for bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) Turkish authorities are testing four children for bird flu in a southeastern village where avian influenza has already infected the poultry, the agriculture ministry has said. [News Source]

Turkish children tested for bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Turkish authorities are testing four children for bird flu in a southeastern village where avian influenza has already infected the poultry, the agriculture ministry has said. [News Source]