Indonesia resumes sharing bird flu samples. Indonesia sent 12 bird flu virus samples to a World Health Organisation laboratory this week after an assurance that Jakarta would have access to affordable vaccines [News Source]

Bird flu spells disaster for Bengal shuttlecock makers (Gulf Times) ULUBERIA (West Bengal): India might have tided over its worst ever bird flu outbreak, but the virus left thousands of shuttlecock makers in a West Bengal town in dire straits as the fear of infection choked the supply chain of goose feathers. [News Source]