Bangla grapples with bird flu (The Peninsula) KHULNA, Bangladesh • Authorities in Bangladesh are working on a war footing to tackle outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). [News Source]

Bangla grapples with bird flu (The Peninsula) KHULNA, Bangladesh • Authorities in Bangladesh are working on a war footing to tackle outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). [News Source]

Bangla grapples with bird flu (The Peninsula) KHULNA, Bangladesh • Authorities in Bangladesh are working on a war footing to tackle outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). [News Source]

Bangla grapples with bird flu (The Peninsula) KHULNA, Bangladesh • Authorities in Bangladesh are working on a war footing to tackle outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). [News Source]

Bangla grapples with bird flu (The Peninsula) KHULNA, Bangladesh • Authorities in Bangladesh are working on a war footing to tackle outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). [News Source]

Bird Flu’s Spread Around The Globe (Planet Ark) LONDON - The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed on Wednesday that two Indonesians, an 11 year-old female and a 15-year-old male, have died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu. [News Source]

Bird flu strategies discussed at conference (Naples Daily News) As the avian flu’s bird death toll continues to spread across Europe, state and local health officials are preparing for what could be the world’s first major pandemic in almost 90 years. Thursday brought the first major conference on the potentially fatal influenza strain, known as the H5N1 virus, to Florida. [News Source]

School District prepares plan for dealing with bird flu (Naples Daily News) Out of 11,000, 3,300 would fall ill. Sixty-six would die. That isn’t the worst-case scenario on how bird flu would affect the Lee County School District, according to its officials. It’s an optimistic estimate. [News Source]

FACTBOX-Bird flu’s spread around the globe (AlertNet) Source: Reuters April 2 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed on Wednesday that two Indonesians, an 11 year-old female and a 15-year-old male, have died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu ... [News Source]

Bird flu has returned, initial tests indicate (JoongAng Daily) The bird flu has reappeared, according to preliminary tests, in a remote chicken farm in the southwestern part of the country. The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service ran tests at the farm yesterday in Gimje, North Jeolla, about 242 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Seoul. [News Source]

Bird flu shows signs of abating (Nhân Dân) Most provinces affected by bird flu have done well in stamping out the disease, with three out of four hit localities reporting no new outbreaks for the past two weeks. [News Source]

S. Korea reports suspected bird flu outbreak (Straits Times) SEOUL - OFFICIALS sealed off a poultry farm after some 2,400 chickens died in a suspected bird flu outbreak in South Korea, the government said on Wednesday. [News Source]