Bird flu outbreak hits Manipur, alert sounded (Gulf Times) IMPHAL: The Manipur government sounded a health alert yesterday confirming that bird flu had killed more than a hundred chickens earlier this month, officials said. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak on Manipur farm (The Telegraph) Imphal/New Delhi, July 25: Barely three months after the Manipur government set up a special cell to monitor the entry of poultry products from avian flu-hit neighbours Bangladesh and Myanmar, Imphal today announced an outbreak of the disease in a small farm in the Imphal East district. [News Source]

Bird flu hits Manipur (The Telegraph) Imphal/New Delhi, July 25: The Manipur government today announced an outbreak of bird flu in a small farm in Imphal East district, barely three months after the state set up a special cell to monitor the entry of poultry products from flu-hit neighbours Bangladesh and Myanmar. [News Source]

Bird flu in Manipur farm (The Statesman) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI/IMPHAL, July 25: The country today reported an outbreak of bird flu in a backyard farm in a village in Manipur, but officials said it was yet to be confirmed whether it was the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. [News Source]

Bird flu in Manipur, only one farm so far, no human cases (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) Almost a year after the country was declared free of bird flu following the outbreak in Navapur and Jalgaon in Maharashtra last February, the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal and the National Institute of Virology in Pune confirmed a fresh outbreak in a backyard poultry farm near Imphal in Manipur today. So far, according to the WHO, the virus has killed nearly 200 people ... [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak reported in Manipur (Calcutta News) New Delhi, July 25 : The Manipur government today reported an outbreak of Avian Influenza in Chingmeirong village in East Imphal District of the state. [News Source]

Bird flu alert in Manipur after samples test positive (IBN via Yahoo! India News) A high alert has been sounded in Manipur for bird flu after 130 samples tested positive for the H5N1 virus. The bird flu outbreak in Manipur has been confirmed by the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal and the National Institute of Virology in Pune. [News Source]

Revealing the global threat of bird flu. According to Dr Vallat the current epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza is a major global concern. One of the main constraints to controlling the outbreaks is the weakness of national veterinary services in many developing countries. [News Source]

China seizes Viagra in crackdown on fake drugs Police in China seized one ton of fake Viagra pills during a series of raids on gangs that were making counterfeit drugs to sell domestically and overseas. [News Source]

India reports bird flu outbreak in northeast (AFP via Yahoo! News) India on Wednesday reported an outbreak of bird flu among poultry, the first since it declared itself free of the disease last August. [News Source]

Bird flu returns to India, hits Manipur (Lead) (Calcutta News)

New Delhi/The feared bird flu made a return to India as authorities confirmed the outbreak of the viral disease in the northeastern state of Manipur. Authorities said they were taking steps to halt its spread.

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Bird flu outbreak reported in Manipur (New Kerala) New Delhi, July 25 : The Manipur government today reported an outbreak of Avian Influenza in Chingmeirong village in East Imphal District of the state. [News Source]