Bird flu virus may have got entrenched in India: UN (The Times of India) The United Nations has said that the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus may have got entrenched in the Indo-Gangetic plains of India and Bangladesh. [News Source]

Bird Flu Seen as Spreading to S. Jeolla Province (donga.com) Another suspected case of avian influenza has been reported on a farm in Yeongam County, South Jeolla Province. [News Source]

Health chiefs seek to allay bird flu fears. The risk of widescale human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Hong Kong has not increased despite confirmation of an individual case in Nanjing, according to health chiefs. [News Source]

Bird flu reported in Tien Giang (Nhân Dân) Nhan Dan - Bird flu was reported to have occurred in Tien Giang province, said the Veterinary Department in Hanoi on April 8 at a meeting of the National Steering Board on Avian Influenza. [News Source]

Examining The Avian Flu: From Pandemic Planning To Vaccine Development (Medical News Today) The journal Respirology has launched a special supplementary issue on the avian influenza. [News Source]