UN warns of possible sharp rise in bird flu outbreaks ahead of Northern Hemisphere winter (The Jakarta Post) TOKYO (AP): Asia must keep watch for a sharp rise in bird flu outbreaks as winter approaches, the top U.N. influenza official said Friday, calling illnesses from animals "one of the greatest threats to the survival of the human race." [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak possible in Asia ahead winter (Pravda) A top U.N. influenza called illnesses from animals "one of the greatest threats to the survival of the human race" and urged Asia to keep watch for a sharp rise in bird flu outbreaks as winter approaches. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak possible in Asia ahead winter (Pravda Ru) A top U.N. influenza called illnesses from animals "one of the greatest threats to the survival of the human race" and urged Asia to keep watch for a sharp rise in bird flu outbreaks as winter approaches. [News Source]

UN warns of possible sharp rise in bird flu outbreaks ahead of Northern Hemisphere winter (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) Asia must keep watch for a sharp rise in bird flu outbreaks as winter approaches, the top U.N. influenza official said Friday, calling illnesses from animals "one of the greatest threats to the survival of the human race." [News Source]

Nigeria: Country’s Chief Vet Appointed Member, Int’l C’ttee On Bird Flu (AllAfrica.com) Dr. Junaidu A. Maina, Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria and Director, Federal Department of Livestock and Pest Control Services has been appointed Member of Steering Committee of DFID funded Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bed flu, Project. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak reported in southern Vietnam (Pravda Ru) In southern Vietnam dozens of birds died from bird flu . The second outbreak of the disease took place this week. Test results showed the birds were infected with the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus strain and died on a farm in Ben Tre province last week, the Department of Animal Health said in the report. [News Source]

RI demands WHO return bird flu samples (The Jakarta Post) JAKARTA (JP): The virus sample sharing deal between the Indonesian Health Ministry and the World Health Organization has been criticized after the ministry's repeated requests for the return 58 bird flu viruses have gone unanswered. [News Source]

Bird flu hits both North and South (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge – In the past two days, bird flu outbreaks were reported in Ha Nam in the North and Tra Vinh in the South, bringing the number of provinces with infections to six so far. [News Source]

Vietnam: Bird Flu Reported In Second Vietnamese Province This Week (Sin Chew Jit Poh) HANOI, VIETNAM: Dozens of ducks died from bird flu in southern Vietnam, the second outbreak discovered this week, a government report released Friday (9 Nov) said. [News Source]

Indonesia demands WHO return bird flu samples (The Jakarta Post) The virus sample sharing deal between the Indonesian Health Ministry and the World Health Organization has been criticized after the ministry's repeated requests for the return 58 bird flu viruses have gone unanswered. [News Source]