UAE free of bird flu says minister (Khaleej Times) ABU DHABI — The UAE is completely free of bird flu and a full-proof monitoring system is in place at border checkpoint to prevent any infiltration of the disease into the country, according to Dr Mohammed Saeed Al Kindi, Minister of Environment and Water. [News Source]

Laos: Dial 166 For Bird Flu Advice (Sin Chew Jit Poh) VIENTIANE, LAOS: Dial 166! This will not connect you to the fire brigade, the police or an ambulance, but will give you all the important information you need about the deadly disease called bird flu. [News Source]

Indonesia’s Bird-Flu death toll at 140. A 16-year-old Indonesian boy has died of bird flu, bringing the nation's death toll from the illness to 104. [News Source]

Bird flu kills another Indonesian boy (AP via Yahoo! News) A 3-year-old Indonesian boy has died of bird flu, a health official said Saturday, announcing the country's second death from the illness in one day. The two cases, which were apparently unrelated, brought Indonesia's bird flu death toll to 105. [News Source]

Teenager becomes Indonesia’s 104th bird flu fatality (EARTHtimes.org) Jakarta - A 16-year-old boy from Indonesia's central Java province died of the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, bringing Indonesia's bird flu death toll to 104, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. The Indonesian health ministry said on it'... [News Source]

Pakistan confirms new bird flu outbreak in NWFP (Deepika) ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (Reuters) Pakistani authorities have detected an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in chickens in a part of the northwest where the country recently had its first human death from the virus, a government official said today. [News Source]

Pakistan confirms new bird flu outbreak (Straits Times) ISLAMABAD - PAKISTANI authorities have detected an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in chickens in a part of the northwest where the country recently had its first human death from the virus, a government official said on Saturday. [News Source]

Pakistan confirms new bird flu outbreak in NWFP (AlertNet) Source: Reuters ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have detected an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in chickens in a part of the northwest where the country recently had its first human death from the ... [News Source]

Indonesia’s bird-flu death toll at 140 (AP via Yahoo! News) A 16-year-old Indonesian boy has died of bird flu, bringing the nation's death toll from the illness to 104, the Health Ministry said Saturday. [News Source]

Indonesian boy dies from bird flu (People’s Daily) A 16 year-old Indonesian boy from Central Java province has died from avian influenza, put the total fatalities to 104 out of 128 contracted people in the hardest-hit country, the Indonesian Health Ministry said on Saturday. The boy ... [News Source]

New Human Bird Flu Case Confirmed In Viet Nam (Medical News Today) According to the Ministry of Health, Viet Nam, one new human case of H5N1 bird flu infection has been confirmed by tests carried out at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE). The patient was male, aged 40, from the Gia Loc district, Hai Duong province. Authorities say that on the 2nd February he developed flu-like symptoms and was hospitalized six days later. [News Source]

Health Ministry: Indonesian Boy Dies From Bird Flu - Xinhua (Nasdaq) NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A 16-year-old Indonesian boy from Central Java province has died from avian influenza, putting the total fatalities at 104 out of 128 people who have contracted the disease in the country, the Indonesian Health Ministry said Saturday, according to the Xinhua news agency. [News Source]