Latest Bird Flu News

Bird flu spreads to new areas despite culling (Gulf Times)
Sunday February 17th 2008, 11:48 pm

DHAKA: Bird flu has spread to another district in Bangladesh despite massive culling by authorities to control the outbreak, officials said yesterday, bringing the number of affected districts to 43 out of 64. [News Source]

Bird flu kills another Indonesian boy.
Sunday February 17th 2008, 11:00 am

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]

Young boy is 105th bird flu victim in Indonesia.
Sunday February 17th 2008, 11:00 am

A three year-old Indonesian boy from South Jakarta has died of avian influenza, putting the total fatality to 105 out of 129 cases in the hardest-hit country, health ministry said here. [News Source]

Dharamshala residents fear migratory birds may cause bird flu (New Kerala)
Sunday February 17th 2008, 7:09 am

By Akhilesh Bharti, Dharamshala, Feb.17 : Himachal Pradesh's Pong reservoir in Dharamshala is a favourite destination for many species of migratory birds. But these days the area is under bird flu threat, as it is feared that these birds could be carrying the H5N1 virus along with them. [News Source]

Bird flu spreads to another Bangladesh district (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Sunday February 17th 2008, 6:13 am

Bird flu has spread to another district in Bangladesh despite massive culling by authorities to control the outbreak, officials said on Sunday, bringing the number of affected districts to 43 out of 64. [News Source]

Bird flu spreads to another Bangladesh district (AlertNet)
Sunday February 17th 2008, 6:05 am

Source: Reuters DHAKA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to another district in Bangladesh despite massive culling by authorities to control the outbreak, officials said on Sunday, bringing the number of ... [News Source]

MCOT English News : Indonesian boy dies of bird flu, putting death toll to 105 (MCOT - English News By Thai News Agency)
Sunday February 17th 2008, 5:56 am

JAKARTA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A three year-old Indonesian boy from South Jakarta has died of avian influenza, putting the total fatality to 105 out of 129 cases in the hardest-hit country, health ministry said here. [News Source]

Indonesian boy dies of bird flu, putting death toll to 105 (People’s Daily)
Sunday February 17th 2008, 12:42 am

A three year-old Indonesian boy from South Jakarta has died of avian influenza, putting the total fatality to 105 out of 129 cases in the hardest-hit country, health ministry said here. Indonesian health ministry's director general ... [News Source]

New bird flu outbreak in NWFP (Gulf Times)
Sunday February 17th 2008, 12:31 am

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 yesterday. [News Source]