Bird flu restriction zone lifted (BBC News) Restrictions imposed to combat bird flu in Dorset have been eased for a second time, Defra says. [News Source]

Bird flu in West Bengal cost Andhra Pradesh poultry Rs 210 cr (New Kerala) Hyderabad, Mar 5: Andhra Pradesh Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister M Budda Prasad today said the state Poultry Federation had suffered an estimated loss of Rs 210 crore, from January 15 to February 15, due to bird flu outbreak in West Bengal. [News Source]

Russian health experts say global bird flu threat is growing (Russian Information Agency Novosti) MOSCOW, March 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russian health officials warned Wednesday that the threat from the deadly bird flu virus is growing as countries are failing to implement effective disease control measures to deal with the crisis. [News Source]

FACTBOX-WHO figures for bird flu cases in humans (AlertNet) Source: Reuters March 5 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed the death of a 25-year-old Egyptian woman from the H5N1 bird flu virus. The woman, from Fayoum province southwest of Cairo, was the ... [News Source]

Rosselkhoznadzor forecasts bird flu outbreaks in July-September (Interfax) MOSCOW. March 5 (Interfax) - The bird flu situation in Russia will remain positive until July, at which time outbreaks of the disease are possible in several areas, said Nikolai Vlasov, head of the veterinary control department in Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Overview Service), at a press conference in Moscow on Wednesday. [News Source]

Bird flu well entrenched in Asia: WHO (TODAYonline) Top international health experts from the WHO, (from L) Takeshi Kasai, Zhou Weigong and Paul Cox are seen at the WHO headquarters in Manila, in 2007. The bird flu virus is "firmly entrenched" in Asia and a pandemic among humans remains possible, Kasai warned on Wednesday. [News Source]

Bird flu well entrenched in Asia: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News) The bird flu virus is "firmly entrenched" in Asia and a pandemic among humans remains possible, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert warned Wednesday. [News Source]

Bird flu pandemic ’still possible’ (Perth Now) THE bird flu virus is "firmly entrenched" in Asia and a pandemic among humans remains possible, a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert warns. [News Source]