FAO helping Bali eradicate bird flu disease (Antara News) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) helped set up participatory disease surveillance (PDS) and participatory disease response (PDR) after the death of two bird flu-related people recently in Bali, an official said. [News Source]

EU to Reassess Controls Around German Bird Flu Zone (Deutsche Welle) EU veterinary experts will assess the level of threat and containment at the Bavarian duck farm which was at the center of the latest outbreak of bird flu in Germany in August. [News Source]

Five human bird flu cases in Vietnam (Gulf Times) HANOI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed five human bird flu cases in Vietnam, four of them fatal, the UN agency said in a statement. The four, including two women, died between June 21 and Aug. 3 while a fifth person, a 29-year-old man, had recovered, it said. [News Source]