Indonesia Prepares New Early Detection Equipment For Bird Flu (Bernama) JAKARTA, June 7 (Bernama) -- The Indonesian government has been preparing new early detection equipment for Avian Influenza, so as it can be used in one or two days of infection, an official said. [News Source]

Veterinarians At Increased Risk Of Avian Influenza Virus Infection (Medical News Today) Veterinarians who work with birds are at increased risk for infection with avian influenza virus and should be among those with priority access to pandemic influenza vaccines and antivirals, according to a study conducted by researchers in the University of Iowa College of Public Health. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Ghana: Country Needs U.S.$14 Million to Prevent Avian Influenza From Spreading (AllAfrica.com) The Minister for Food and Agriculture (MOFA), Ernest Debrah has said the country requires US$14million to prevent the avian flu disease from spreading beyond Tema and Sunyani. [News Source]

Bird flu reappears in Malaysia (AFP via Yahoo! News) An isolated new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected among poultry in a village on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital, officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

Indonesia’s Fatality Rate From Bird Flu Rises to 87% (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) June 6 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu has killed more than four of every five people infected with the disease in Indonesia this year, heightening concern over the nation's progress in controlling the virus two years after its first human case. [News Source]

Bird flu detected, culling begins (The Star Online) PUTRAJAYA: A case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu strain has been detected in a village in Sg Buloh, the first incident in Malaysia after the outbreak in March last year. [News Source]

Malaysia Finds Bird-Flu Virus in Village Outside Kuala Lumpur (Bloomberg.com) June 6 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia has found the bird flu virus in a village outside the capital Kuala Lumpur and will cull poultry in the area to prevent its spread, the Department of Veterinary Services said today. [News Source]

Soldier Dies Of Bird Flu In China (Medical News Today) The Ministry of Health in China has informed WHO of the country's 16th death from H5N1 avian influenza. The 19-year-old male soldier serving in Fujian province died on 3 June. He developed fever and pneumonia-like symptoms on 9 May and was hospitalized on 14 May.There is no initial indication to suggest he had contact with sick birds prior to becoming unwell. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Bird flu transmission to humans becoming easier in Indonesia (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ Indonesia is "on the right track" in tackling bird flu although it has found out that transmission of the H5N1 strain of the disease from poultry to humans is becoming easier, an Indonesian government-sanctioned body dealing with bird flu issues said Wednesday. [News Source]

Int`l cooperation needed to handle bird flu outbreak (Antara News) Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said international cooperation was needed to handle the outbreak of bird flu because though it only happened in Indonesia it would also affect other APEC members such as Australia. [News Source]

Chinese soldier dies of avian influenza: WHO (Gulf Times) BEIJING: A teenage soldier in China has died from bird flu, the health ministry reported yesterday, but a WHO official said the country’s 16th death from the virus was not cause for major alarm. [News Source]