Bird flu quarantine on British Columbia farms ends (AG Weekly) VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ A bird flu-related quarantine has been lifted on 22 poultry farms in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver, BC. The restrictions were lifted after three weeks of surveillance and testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. [News Source]

Nigeria: Mass Campaign Against Bird Flu Kicks Off in Kano (AllAfrica.com) Mass awareness campaign against Avian Influenza has kicked off in Kano, with a view to forestalling future recurrence of the outbreak. [News Source]

Latest News (TVNZ) A 30-month old Egyptian girl has contracted the bird flu virus, bringing the number of avian flu cases in the country to 60, a World Health Organisation spokesman says. [News Source]

Egyptian girl contracts bird flu – WHO (AlertNet) Source: Reuters CAIRO, March 27 (Reuters) - A 30-month old Egyptian girl has contracted the bird flu virus, bringing the number of avian flu cases in the country to 60, a World Health Organisation spokesman said on ... [News Source]

Two-year-old diagnosed with bird flu in Egypt (Russian Information Agency Novosti) CAIRO, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - A two-year-old girl has been diagnosed with bird flu in Egypt, a health ministry spokesman said on Friday. Egypt's first case of bird flu was first recorded in 2006, and 60 people have since become infected with the deadly virus, 23 of them have died. [News Source]