China warns of winter bird flu outbreaks (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) China has warned of a "very high" possibility of outbreaks of bird flu over winter and spring as the country hunts for the causal link between a son and a father struck by the virus, state media said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Bird flu epidemic threatens Africa (The Herald) AFP. KANO. Africa for the first time faces an epidemic of bird flu after the deadly H5N1 strain spread to the continent, devastating poultry and threatening humans. [News Source]

New bird flu outbreak in Poland – agriculture minister (Russian Information Agency Novosti) WARSAW, December 10 (RIA Novosti) - There has been a new outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in eastern Poland, the country's agricultural minister said on Sunday. [News Source]

No human-to-human transmission in new bird flu cases. China's health authorities said here on Monday that no human-to-human transmission had been confirmed in the two human cases of bird flu and the means of transmission in these cases, involving two family members in the Nanjing area, remained unknown. [News Source]

Poland sees EU ban extended over bird flu. Poland expects the European Commission to extend an import ban on poultry and eggs after a fresh outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was discovered on Saturday. [News Source]

China says no bird flu outbreak after father-son cases. The latest human cases of bird flu in China appeared to be isolated events with no other people affected and no reported outbreak of the disease among poultry, the government said Monday. [News Source]

Nigeria: Bird Flu – Health Workers Fumigate Poultry Markets Ahead of Festivals (AllAfrica.com) Ahead of the Eid-el Kabir and Yuletide celebrations which are characterized by increase in poultry consumption, officials of the National Avian Influenza Control programme in Yobe State have begun the fumigation of poultry markets, stores and cages with the aim of reducing the chances of spreading avian influenza virus and associated diseases. [News Source]

China probes possibility of human-to-human bird flu transmission (EARTHtimes.org) Beijing - Chinese health experts were investigating the possibility that a man was infected with H5N1 avian influenza by his son, the health ministry said on Monday. Preliminary tests on the 52-year-old father showed three possible routes of infectio... [News Source]

Bird flu comes to Poland just in time for Christmas (News-Medical-Net) Another outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in Poland on the weekend means an extension of the export ban of Polish poultry and eggs for another two weeks. [News Source]