Seminar on containment of avian flu held in Siliguri (New Kerala) Siliguri (West Bengal), Jan 16 : A two-day seminar titled 'Strengthening cross border emergency preparedness and response mechanism for HPAI (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza)' was organised in Siliguri here to prepare against the avian flu contagion in high-risk border regions. [News Source]

SE Asia to crack down on poultry smuggling to fight H5N1. Disease experts in Southeast Asia will map out key poultry smuggling routes, especially along Cambodia's long border with Thailand and Vietnam, in a move to prevent the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus in the region. [News Source]

One in five Americans got swine flu vaccine, CDC reports. About one in five Americans has been vaccinated against swine flu, according to the government's first detailed estimates of vaccination rates against the pandemic. [News Source]

80 million Americans infected with H1N1 flu. As many as 80 million Americans have been infected with H1N1 swine flu, up to 16,000 have been killed and more than 360,000 hospitalized, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. [News Source]

Pandemic flu still active in parts of world. The H1N1 flu virus is spreading most actively in North Africa, South Asia and parts of Europe, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. [News Source]