Tuesday December 23rd 2008, 6:08 pm
Dec 23, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Agriculture officials in Bangladesh said today that they have detected another H5N1 avian influenza outbreak on a farm, the country's fifth one since the virus reemerged in poultry flocks in October.
[News Source]
More avian flu found in Bangladesh poultry (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)
Bird flu: culling operations on in West Bengal, Assam (New Kerala)
Tuesday December 23rd 2008, 3:04 pm
Kolkata/Guwahati, Dec 23: Over 30,000 poultry have been culled in bird flu-hit Malda district of West Bengal while in Assam culling operations have been affected in some areas due to resistance from locals, officials said Tuesday.
[News Source]
Teen Becomes First in Cambodia to Survive Bird Flu (Fox News)
Tuesday December 23rd 2008, 12:48 pm
A 19-year old Cambodian man has survived the H5N1 bird flu virus which has killed seven other people in the poor Southeast Asian nation since 2005, a health ministry official said on Sunday.
[News Source]
Bird flu: culling operations on in West Bengal, Assam (Calcutta News)
Tuesday December 23rd 2008, 8:55 am
Kolkata/Over 30,000 poultry have been culled in bird flu-hit Malda district of West Bengal while in Assam culling operations have been affected in some areas due to resistance from locals, officials said Tuesday.
[News Source]
Bangladesh reports bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday December 23rd 2008, 8:28 am
Bangladeshi authorities said Tuesday a new outbreak of bird flu had been detected at a village in the north of the country as they struggled to contain the disease.
[News Source]