Bird flu virus ‘unlikely to reach Australia’ (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) An international conference in Brisbane has been told that it is unlikely a deadly strain of the bird flu virus will ever reach Australia. [News Source]

Uganda: World Bank Gives Sh17 Billion to Fight Bird Flu (AllAfrica.com) THE World Bank has given Uganda $10m (about sh17b) to finance a four-year project aimed at preventing bird flu (avian and human influenza). [News Source]

Pacific Rim prepares for new avian flu (Moldova.org) The governments of Japan, China and South Korea are making joint preparations in the event of an outbreak of a new strain of avian flu.The three nations plan to conduct drills to determine whether information sharing and quarantine measures planned will be sufficient to deal with such an occurrence, The Yomiuri Shimbun reported Monday.The H5N1 avian influenza virus is said to have mutated into a ... [News Source]

DEFRA relaxes avian flu restrictions FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive) DEFRA has lifted the Protection Zone introduced in response to the H7N7 avian flu outbreak on a free range unit near Banbury, Oxfordshire. [News Source]

SKorea lifts bird flu restrictions (AP via Yahoo! Finance) South Korea said Monday it has lifted all special restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of bird flu after a series of recent outbreaks. [News Source]

S. Korea lifts all restrictions imposed in wake of bird flu outbreaks (Straits Times) SEOUL - SOUTH KOREA has lifted restrictions imposed to curb an outbreak of bird flu which led to the culling of more than eight million birds, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. [News Source]

SKorea lifts bird flu restrictions (Las Vegas Sun) Mon, Jun 30, 2008 (1:39 a.m.) South Korea said Monday it has lifted all special restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of bird flu after a series of recent outbreaks. [News Source]

SKorea lifts bird flu restrictions (AP via Yahoo! News) South Korea said Monday it has lifted all special restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of bird flu after a series of recent outbreaks. [News Source]