Alert sounded in UP over bird flu (HT via Yahoo! India News) THE STATE Government on Thursday sounded bird flu alert throughout the state in view of outbreak of avian influenza in West Bengal. [News Source]

Death of boy brings Indonesia’s bird flu toll to 97 (EARTHtimes.org) Jakarta - An eight-year-old boy from West Java's Banten province died Friday from the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, bringing Indonesia's bird flu death toll to 97, the world's highest, Health Ministry officials said. The boy, identified o... [News Source]

Avian flu spreads in Bengal but cull stays sluggish (New Kerala) Kolkata, Jan 18: There were reports of fresh bird flu cases in West Bengal Friday as the culling operation proceeded at a sluggish pace at best and the WHO warned that the outbreak of the disease was the worst seen in the country. [News Source]

Avian Flu (IRIN) DHAKA, 18 January 2008 (IRIN Asia) - A fresh outbreak of bird flu this week in Bangladesh has renewed fears of a possible spread: Seventy-two farms in 23 of Bangladesh's 64 districts have reportedly been infected with the deadly virus so far. [News Source]

Bird flu spreads in India’s West Bengal state (EARTHtimes.org) New Delhi - An outbreak of avian influenza in India's eastern state of West Bengal was spreading Friday, with 300 poultry dying over the previous 24 hours, taking the total toll to over 61,000, officials said. Efforts were on to contain the outbreak ... [News Source]