Asia’s first anti-bird flu facility opens in Bangkok (Channel NewsAsia) BANGKOK: Asia's first anti-bird flu facility has opened in Bangkok to help fight any new avian influenza outbreaks in the region. In Bangkok, the first of three worldwide anti-bird flu stockpiles is fully operational. [News Source]

Five provinces yet to be free from bird flu (Nhân Dân) Nhan Dan - Five provinces are yet to be free from bird flu for 21 days, announced the National Steering Board on Avian Influenza in Hanoi on March 25. [News Source]

Thailand: US, Thailand Open Regional Supply Depot For Anti-bird Flu Supplies (Sin Chew Jit Poh) BANGKOK, THAILAND: Asia's first regional rapid response distribution center to rush supplies to areas struck by a bird flu outbreak opened Tuesday (25 Mar) near the Thai capital. [News Source]

Germany declares free of bird flu (People’s Daily) The German government declared on Tuesday the country is free of bird flu, with no cases of deadly H5N1 avian influenza discovered in wild birds or domestic poultry for the past three months. According to German Agriculture Ministry ... [News Source]

Don’t just blame the chickens for flu. Intensive rice farming and large duck populations - not the number of chickens raised - may be the best predictors of where bird flu might develop in Southeast Asia, according to researchers reviewing outbreaks in Vietnam and Thailand. [News Source]

Indonesia: Failure to contain bird flu heightens risk of deadly mutation. The avian flu situation in Indonesia is grave, and the risk of mutation into a human pandemic form will worsen if more is not done, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned last week. [News Source]

US officials launch bird flu stockpile in Thailand (TODAYonline) A tourist stands next to a poultry cage at a market in Denpasar on Bali island on March 19. US officials on Tuesday officially opened a stockpile of equipment in Thailand designed to help Asian nations react rapidly to battle outbreaks of potentially deadly bird flu. [News Source]

US officials launch bird flu stockpile in Thailand (AFP via Yahoo! News) US officials on Tuesday officially opened a stockpile of equipment in Thailand designed to help Asian nations react rapidly to battle outbreaks of potentially deadly bird flu. [News Source]

Germany declared officially free of bird flu (EARTHtimes.org) Berlin - Germany is officially free of bird flu, with no cases of deadly H5N1 avian influenza discovered in wild birds or domestic poultry for the past three months, Agriculture Ministry officials said Tuesday in Berlin. The last outbreak was in poul... [News Source]

US, Thailand open regional supply depot for anti-bird flu supplies (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Asia’s first regional rapid response distribution center to rush supplies to areas struck by a bird flu outbreak opened Tuesday near the Thai capital.

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US officials launch bird flu stockpile in Thailand (Straits Times) BANGKOK - US OFFICIALS on Tuesday officially opened a stockpile of equipment in Thailand designed to help Asian nations react rapidly to battle outbreaks of potentially deadly bird flu. [News Source]

US launches region’s first avian influenza depot in Thailand (EARTHtimes.org) Bangkok - The US on Tuesday launched Asia's first avian influenza combat depot in Thailand to supply emergency kits to fight new outbreaks in the region of the H5N1 virus that has killed at least 235 people worldwide. The Regional Distribution Centr... [News Source]