Interview: Nepal lacks resources to control bird flu. Though Nepal has successfully controlled the first outbreak of bird flu (H5N1), it is at high risk of recurring outbreaks, said Prabhakar Pathak, Director General of the Department of Livestock Services in Kathmandu. [News Source]

Third bird flu case this year in Vietnam (Gulf Times) Hanoi: A Vietnamese man has tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus, the third confirmed case of bird flu in Vietnam this year, hospital sources said yesterday. [News Source]

Nigeria: U.S. Spends $7 Million to Check Bird Flu Outbreak in Country (AllAfrica.com) United States Ambassador to Nigeria Robin Sanders has said the US spent 7million dollars to check the avian influenza pandemic in Nigeria last year. She disclosed this at the commissioning of avian influenza diagnostic laboratory at Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja. [News Source]