More bird flu cases from cluster in Pakistan family (CTV.ca) The World Health Organization has added two more people to Pakistan's avian influenza case count, saying followup blood testing confirmed additional cases from a suspected large family cluster late last year. [News Source]

China lifts bird flu quarantine in southern Guangzhou (People’s Daily) China has lifted a bird flu quarantine in the southern city of Guangzhou after a 21-day period in which no new cases were reported, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said on Thursday. At least 632 fowl were culled after an outbreak ... [News Source]

China lifts bird flu quarantine in southern Guangzhou (China Daily) BEIJING - China has lifted a bird flu quarantine in the southern city of Guangzhou after a 21-day period in which no new cases were reported, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said on Thursday. [News Source]

Vietnam starts human trials for bird flu vaccine (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Vietnam has started clinical trials for developing a human vaccine for the H5N1 virus, researchers said on Thursday in the Southeast Asian country that has recorded 52 deaths from bird flu. [News Source]

Bird flu’s spread around the globe (Budapest Business Journal) The World Health Organization (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]

SKorea starts culling poultry amid suspected outbreak of bird flu (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News) South Korean quarantine officials will slaughter 150,000 poultry at a chicken farm as a precaution following an outbreak of bird flu, an official said Thursday. [News Source]

SKorea starts culling poultry amid suspected outbreak of bird flu (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) South Korean quarantine officials will slaughter 150,000 poultry at a chicken farm as a precaution following an outbreak of bird flu, an official said Thursday. [News Source]

Bangladesh culls 100,000 fowl to halt bird flu (Straits Times) DHAKA - BANGLADESH authorities have culled more than 100,000 chickens at farms over the last one week over suspected bird flu outbreaks, officials said on Thursday, although the disease had begun subsiding across the country. [News Source]

Vietnam starts human trials for bird flu vaccine (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Vietnam has started clinical trials for developing a human vaccine for the H5N1 virus, researchers said on Thursday in the Southeast Asian country that has recorded 52 deaths from bird flu.

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Bangladesh culls 100,000 fowl to halt bird flu (AlertNet) Source: Reuters DHAKA, April 3 (Reuters) - Bangladesh authorities have culled more than 100,000 chickens at farms over the last one week over suspected bird flu outbreaks, officials said on Thursday, although the ... [News Source]