S’pore buys 1m H5N1 shots (Straits Times) SINGAPORE has bought a million doses of a vaccine to protect the people here against the H5N1 bird flu. The vaccine will arrive by the end of the year. [News Source]

FAO claims progress in avian flu preparedness (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) Mar 11, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said this week that "substantial progress has been made in the preparedness and response mechanisms" for battling H5N1 avian influenza around the world. [News Source]