Bird flu vaccines get first thumbs up (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

Two bird flu vaccines have won the first nod from a government committee for registration to protect Australians against an avian flu pandemic.

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Nepal on flu alert, tests poultry on India border. Nepal has issued a bird flu alert and is testing poultry along the border with India, where the virus rages despite the culling of tens of thousands of chickens since 2006, officials said. [News Source]

West, Central Africa seen as major source of next new disease. West and Central Africa are emerging as the major potential sources for the next new infectious disease, a study released on Wednesday said. [News Source]

Bird flu: Indonesia’s trial run. In the backstreets of a Bali village, all hell has broken loose. Indonesia has spent the past few days simulating a human bird flu pandemic - according to the World Health Organisation, the largest ever such simulation in the world. [News Source]

S Korea reports new case of suspected bird flu (Hindustan Times)

South Korea on Tuesday reported a suspected bird flu outbreak at a chicken farm in Ulsan City, which if confirmed would be the first in the southeast, as the country grapples with its worst outbreak of avian influenza.

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Japan detects bird flu in four wild swans.

Japan has detected a strain of bird flu in four wild swans after stepping up checks following major outbreaks of the disease in neighbouring South Korea, local and government officials said on Monday.

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Mock drill involving simulated avian flu (Paris News) Paris Regional Medical Center is scheduled to participate in a disaster drill involving a simulated avian flu pandemic Tuesday, April 29. [News Source]

Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura lament paltry compensation (New Kerala) Kalakacchya (Tripura), Apr 26 : Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura have complained about the lack of adequate compensation from the government, even as culling of poultry continues to stave off avian influenza. [News Source]

Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura lament paltry compensation (The Economic Times)

Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura have complained about the lack of adequate compensation from the government, even as culling of poultry continues to stave off avian influenza.

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Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura lament paltry compensation (The Economic Times)

Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura have complained about the lack of adequate compensation from the government, even as culling of poultry continues to stave off avian influenza.

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Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura lament paltry compensation (The Economic Times)

Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura have complained about the lack of adequate compensation from the government, even as culling of poultry continues to stave off avian influenza.

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Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura lament paltry compensation (The Economic Times)

Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura have complained about the lack of adequate compensation from the government, even as culling of poultry continues to stave off avian influenza.

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