Vietnam Confirms First Human Bird Flu Case This Year (Update1) (Bloomberg) Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A 23-year-old woman in Vietnam is in critical condition with the bird-flu virus after eating a chicken, marking the country’s first new human case this year, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health said. [News Source]

Bangkok Post : Bird flu watch needs integrated approach (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news) A new law is needed to set up an integrated medical unit to maintain bird flu surveillance on humans and poultry, as well as diagnose the virus, a health researcher says. [News Source]

Cameroon: Gov’t, Partners Mobilise Against Avian Influenza (AllAfrica.com) Avian Influenza, AI, a virus that has been a threat to poultry and wild birds is forecast by scientists to become a serious threat in human health. [News Source]

Vietnamese woman found with bird flu (UPI) HANOI, Vietnam, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Health officials say a Vietnamese woman in the northern border province of Quang Ninh has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus. [News Source]

Vietnam: Nine Detained Over Bird Flu Fracas (Sin Chew Jit Poh) HANOI, VIETNAM: Vietnamese police detained nine people suspected of having led a mob of villagers who prevented authorities last week from destroying chickens to stop the spread of bird flu, authorities said Monday (9 Feb). [News Source]

9 detained in Vietnam over bird flu fracas (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News) Vietnamese police detained nine people suspected of having led a mob of villagers who prevented authorities last week from destroying chickens to stop the spread of bird flu, authorities said Monday. [News Source]

Bird flu hits five provinces in Vietnam (EARTHtimes.org) Hanoi - An outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus has spread to four provinces in southern Vietnam and one in the centre of the country, a government official said Monday. Hoang Van Nam, deputy head of Vietnam's Animal Health Department, said thousands... [News Source]