Bird flu claims 215 lives since 2003 (Business Standard India) A total of 215 people have died due to officially confirmed cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) infection in different countries since 2003. Of these, six deaths have been reported in the first three months of this year, with four deaths in China and two in Vietnam. [News Source]

Egyptian child contracts bird flu (AlertNet) Source: Reuters CAIRO, April 5 (Reuters) - A 6-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the highly pathogenic bird flu virus, the sixth case in a month in the most populous Arab country, state news agency MENA said on ... [News Source]

Egyptian boy contracts bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) A six-year-old boy has contracted bird flu, the 63rd recorded case since the first outbreak of the disease in Egypt in 2006 and the third in a week, the health ministry announced on Sunday. [News Source]

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. The restrictions were lifted after three weeks of surveillance and testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. [News Source]