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Bird flu: Five more people contract H5N1 , UN reports (Adnkronos)
Monday February 04th 2008, 1:07 pm

Bird flu: Five more people contract H5N1 , UN reports (AKI) - Five Indonesians living in the west of Java, the most populous island in the Asian archipelago, have become the latest human fatalities from avian influenza, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed.Indonesian health officials say the five people – two men, two women and a nine-year-old boy – all ... [News Source]

Bird flu: Five more people contract H5N1 , UN reports (Adnkronos)
Monday February 04th 2008, 1:07 pm

Bird flu: Five more people contract H5N1 , UN reports (AKI) - Five Indonesians living in the west of Java, the most populous island in the Asian archipelago, have become the latest human fatalities from avian influenza, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed.Indonesian health officials say the five people – two men, two women and a nine-year-old boy – all ... [News Source]

Bird flu: Five more people contract H5N1 , UN reports (Adnkronos)
Monday February 04th 2008, 1:07 pm

Bird flu: Five more people contract H5N1 , UN reports (AKI) - Five Indonesians living in the west of Java, the most populous island in the Asian archipelago, have become the latest human fatalities from avian influenza, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed.Indonesian health officials say the five people – two men, two women and a nine-year-old boy – all ... [News Source]

Worst is possibly over in avian flu, says official (Calcutta News)
Monday February 04th 2008, 10:37 am

India Monday declared that 'perhaps the worst is over' in avian influenza-hit West Bengal and that culling of poultry in affected areas would be over by Tuesday. [News Source]

Worst is possibly over in avian flu, says official (Calcutta News)
Monday February 04th 2008, 10:37 am

India Monday declared that 'perhaps the worst is over' in avian influenza-hit West Bengal and that culling of poultry in affected areas would be over by Tuesday. [News Source]

PAKISTAN: Authorities begin taking action on bird-flu (AlertNet)
Monday February 04th 2008, 9:26 am

Source: IRIN The avian flu epidemic that has swept across parts of neighbouring India has led Pakistan's Health Ministry to begin putting in place a number of preventative measures. In a letter sent out to health workers, the ministry warned that hospitals should remain on "high alert" and make "emergency arrangements" to tackle any outbreak of avian flu. [News Source]