Latest Bird Flu News

Nigeria: U.S. Injects $38m Into FAO’s Anti-Bird Flu Project (AllAfrica.com)
Monday October 22nd 2007, 12:24 pm

UNITED States (US) will support the Food and Agricultural Organisation, (FAO's) avian influenza control programme with an additional $38m (N4.75bn), the UN agency has said. [News Source]

Indonesian girl did not die of bird flu: official (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday October 22nd 2007, 12:13 pm

A young Indonesian girl who died at the weekend on the island of Sumatra was not infected with bird flu, a health ministry official said Monday. [News Source]

Uganda: Bird Flu Spreads Among Humans – WHO (AllAfrica.com)
Monday October 22nd 2007, 3:08 am

THE H5N1 strain of bird flu has finally managed to spread from person to person, according to officials of the World Health Organisation (WHO). [News Source]

6 NegOcc areas identified as ‘areas of concern’ for bird flu (Sun Star)
Monday October 22nd 2007, 12:18 am

SIX areas in Negros Occidental were identified as prone to Avian Influenza. [News Source]