Bird Flu: Indonesian Man Dies Of H5N1 Infection (Scoop.co.nz) A 47-year-old man from Indonesia's Banten province on the western tip of the island of Java has become the latest human fatality from avian influenza, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has reported. [News Source]

Some Person To Person Transmission Possible In Pakistan Bird Flu Cluster (Medical News Today) According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the eight people in Pakistan who became infected with the H5N1 bird flu strain probably got ill as a result of contact with poultry and some degree of human-to-human transmission. The WHO stressed that nothing has been confirmed yet. This latest cluster will not make the WHO raise the level of pandemic alert. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Sask. man whose farm hit by bird flu seeks government help (CBC Saskatchewan) A Saskatchewan poultry farmer whose birds contracted avian influenza says he cannot afford the cost of cleaning up his contaminated farm. [News Source]

INDONESIA: Bird flu preparedness a big challenge for East Java (AlertNet) Source: IRIN For the crack medical team specialising in human avian influenza cases at the East Java Provincial Hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia, Panchu market represents their worst fear. [News Source]

WHO probes bird flu case in Pakistan. Pakistani authorities and World Health Organisation experts were trying to determine on Tuesday whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus. [News Source]

No threat of bird flu pandemic: Pakistan (Adelaide Now) PAKISTAN said there was no threat of a pandemic from bird flu, as World Health Organisation experts carried out tests in the country's northwest after eight people were infected by the virus. [News Source]

Pakistan says no threat of bird flu pandemic (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Pakistan said on Wednesday there was no threat of a pandemic from bird flu, as World Health Organisation experts carried out tests in the country's northwest after eight people were infected by the virus. [News Source]

Pakistan says no threat of bird flu pandemic (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (Adds details) ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Wednesday there was no threat of a pandemic from bird flu, as World Health Organisation experts carried out tests in the country's ... [News Source]