Tuesday February 03rd 2009, 11:41 pm
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the virus responsible for an outbreak of avian influenza in B.C.'s Fraser Valley is an H5N2 virus.
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H5N2 virus behind avian influenza outbreak at B.C. turkey farm: CFIA (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
Bird flu virus – most lethal flu virus ever – still major concern: WHO (C-Health)
Tuesday February 03rd 2009, 8:06 pm
TORONTO - The danger posed by H5N1 avian flu specifically and a flu pandemic in general may no longer dominate news headlines but it has not subsided, experts warned Tuesday at an international scientific conference on influenza.
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Avian flu testing tally hits 36 farms (Kelowna Capital News)
Tuesday February 03rd 2009, 11:50 am
A total of 36 properties have now been quarantined as a result of the H5 avian flu outbreak in Abbotsford, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is stressing that all tests have so far come back negative.
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Puja gets priority over Bird Flu (The Statesman)
Tuesday February 03rd 2009, 8:41 am
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.
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China Has Bird Flu Outbreak, Hong Kong Adviser Says (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Tuesday February 03rd 2009, 6:21 am
Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- China has suffered an outbreak of bird flu among poultry even though the mainland government has yet to report such an incident, said Lo Wing-Lok , a Hong Kong government adviser on infectious diseases.
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Expert warns of ‘terrible’ bird-flu outbreak in China (The Sun)
Tuesday February 03rd 2009, 1:56 am
HONGKONG: Experts were carrying out tests yesterday on dead birds washed up on Hongkong beaches amid fears of a huge unreported avian-flu outbreak in neighboring mainland China.
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Hong Kong expert warns of ‘terrible’ China bird-flu outbreak – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Tuesday February 03rd 2009, 12:44 am
Hong Kong - Experts in Hong Kong were carrying out tests Tuesday on dead birds washed up on beaches amid fears of a large unreported avian-flu outbreak in neighbouring mainland China. The discovery of the dead birds brought a warning from one of the ...
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