Saturday June 28th 2008, 7:00 pm
Some fear that the government knows more than it is letting on about the presence of avian flu in southern China. Hong Kong insists all imports from China must come from specially licensed farms, but reporters from Next, a local magazine, discovered the rules being circumvented.
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A game of chicken.
Bird flu ’still a major threat’ (BBC News)
Saturday June 28th 2008, 5:33 pm
The world still remains at risk from a new pandemic strain of flu according to leading scientists.
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UK Avian Flu Info Bulletin – Protection Zone Lifts (Scoop.co.nz)
Saturday June 28th 2008, 3:33 pm
Defra has today confirmed that the Protection Zone put in place as part of control measures for the H7N7 avian influenza outbreak in Oxfordshire will lift at 00.01 Sunday 29 June provided that no new suspect cases are identified before then.
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