China logs 8th reported case of bird flu this year. A 21-year-old woman in central China has been infected by the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the country's eighth reported case of the disease this year. [News Source]

Puja gets priority over Bird Flu (The Statesman) Pranesh Sarkar KOLKATA, Feb. 2: For a section of state government employees, festivals like Saraswati Puja are given more priority than tackling emergency situations like avian influenza. [News Source]

36 farms under quarantine in effort to contain avian flu (Global TV National) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put 36 Fraser Valley farms under quarantine as it tries to prevent avian flu spreading. The agency ordered 60,000 turkeys destroyed last week after avian flu was detected. [News Source]

Avian flu contained to one B.C. farm: CFIA (Vancouver Sun) Officials testing flocks of turkeys within a three-kilometre radius of an Abbotsford, B.C., turkey farm found contaminated with avian influenza this week say there is no evidence that the virus has spread. [News Source]

B.C. to extend bird flu quarantine (Global TV B.C.) ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - One more Abbotsford-area farm has been placed under quarantine and more could be flagged in the coming days as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency continues to monitor an outbreak of avian flu. [News Source]

Wild birds suspected in British Columbia avian flu (KOMO Seattle) Three of four of the latest avian flu outbreaks in Canada have been in the Fraser Valley, possibly because of the region's popularity with migratory waterfowl, experts say. [News Source]

No further avian flu found on 36 farms (Vancouver Province) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency now has 36 Fraser Valley farms under quarantine -- as it tries to prevent avian flu spreading. [News Source]

Experts can’t explain three avian flu outbreaks in B.C.’s Fraser Valley (C-Health) VANCOUVER, B.C. - Three of four of the most recent avian flu outbreaks in Canada have broken out in British Columbia's Fraser Valley but despite years of trying to figure it out, they still can't explain why the valley attracts the virus. [News Source]

Nine farms added to avian flu quarantine in Fraser Valley (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) Thirty-six poultry operations across the Fraser Valley are now under quarantine after inspectors sealed off nine more operations to try to contain an avian flu outbreak in the region. [News Source]

Bird flu patient in stable condition in SW China (People’s Daily) A 29-year-old man who contracted bird flu last month in southwest China's Guizhou Province is in stable condition, doctors said Monday. The patient surnamed Zhou was hospitalized for fever on Jan. 15and was confirmed to be infected with bird flu on Jan. 24. After 18 days of treatment, he was now in stable condition, said Sun Zhaolin, head of Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital. Zhou bought and ... [News Source]

36 farms under quarantine in effort to contain avian flu (CHEK News) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put 36 Fraser Valley farms under quarantine as it tries to prevent avian flu spreading. The agency ordered 60,000 turkeys destroyed last week after avian flu was detected. [News Source]

Migratory birds suspected in B.C. avian flu cases (Seattle Times) Three of four of the latest avian-flu outbreaks in Canada have been in the Fraser Valley, possibly because of the region's popularity with migratory waterfowl, experts say. [News Source]