BANGLADESH: Heightened concerns over bird flu (IRIN) DHAKA, 11 January 2008 (IRIN) - The recent deaths of a number of exotic birds at Bangladesh’s national zoo in Dhaka have heightened concerns over a potential bird flu outbreak. [News Source]

Indonesia records 117 bird flu patients (People’s Daily) A 16-year-old Indonesian girl from an outskirts city of Jakarta has been infected by avian influenza, putting the total number of cases in the hardest-hit country to 117 with 94 fatalities, the health ministry said here Friday. The ... [News Source]