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Jakarta Post, Indonesia: Garuda incident not dangerous: KNKT
Medan :: Indonesia | 9 months ago
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Garuda Indonesia airplane flying from Jakarta to Medan, triggering panic among passengers, on Wednesday, was not dangerous to the aircraft. Tatang explained that the "crack" sound happened because of a broken pipe in the plane's air conditioner. "It is...
Tags: Garuda Indonesia, Jakarta Post, bird flu
China says no new bird flu outbreak
Beijing :: China | 9 months ago
Credibility China said Thursday that no other cases of bird flu have been detected in Beijing and neighboring provinces after a woman died from the avian influenza in the capital. The Agricultural Ministry said in a notice on its Web site that authorities had investigated...
Second human bird flu fatality in Feb.
Hong Kong :: China | 9 months ago
Credibility H5N1 bird flu claimed its second human fatality in China this month when the Ministry of Health confirmed the death of a Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region man on Thursday. The 41-year-old surnamed Liang in Nanning City developed fever and headache symptoms...
Fresh bird flu scare in Nepal after lull
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 9 months ago
Credibility Bird flu has been detected in Sharanmati village in Jhapa district," said Hari Dahal, spokesman at Nepal's Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry. The village lies close to Nepal's border with India's West Bengal state, about 40 km southwest of the border...
Tags: Nepalnews, bird flu, Jhapa district, Hari Dahal
Bird flu remains a threat to humans, U.N. says
Beijing :: China | 9 months ago
Credibility A handful of new human fatalities from bird flu underscore that the H5N1 virus has become entrenched in some countries, such as China, and that it still could mutate and flare into a global pandemic, U.N. officials said Wednesday. China has reported five...
China needs better bird flu surveillance: experts
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 9 months ago
Credibility China reported eight human cases of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in January, five of whom died, which appeared independent of any known case in birds. Hans Troedsson, the World Health Organisation's China representative, said their risk assessment had...
Vietnam confirms third human case of bird flu
Hanoi :: Vietnam | 9 months ago
Credibility A 32-year-old man from Vietnamese northern Ninh Binh Province has been tested positive to the H5N1 virus, an official from the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MOH) told Xinhua on Monday. The patient, named Cu Van Chieu, is the third bird flu patient...
Tags: Vietnamese Ministry of Health, Ninh Binh Province, old man, bird flu
Bird flu outbreaks hit some districts in Central Java, Indonesia
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 9 months ago
Credibility Hundreds of poultry died from outbreaks of bird flu or Avian Influenza (AI) in four sub districts in Bantul District, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia, the national Antara News Agency reported on Thursday. "The districts which have been hit by AI virus...
China kills fowl after bird flu
Beijing :: China | 9 months ago
Credibility China has slaughtered more than 13,000 fowl in the far west of the country after dead birds tested positive for bird flu, state media said. China's Ministry of Agriculture said 519 fowl died and were confirmed as having the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the...
Tags: NW China, bird flu, flu vaccine, test positive, fowl died, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, flu outbreak, Ministry of Agriculture
Vietnam has new human bird flu case
Hanoi :: Vietnam | 9 months ago
Credibility A 23-year-old man has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus in northern Vietnam, a state-run newspaper reported on Saturday. The online Lao Dong newspaper (www.laodong.com.vn) quoted health officials as saying the man from Dam Ha district in the...
Tags: bird flu, Vietnam, tests positive
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