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China confirms fourth bird flu death
Beijing :: China | 10 months ago
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According to the recent report by Chinese health officials, a 31-year-old woman from Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, has died of the disease. A woman in eastern China, a teenage boy in southwest China and a woman in Beijing were the other...
Tags: bird flu, East China, old woman, flu deaths, Shandong Province, Xinhua News Agency, Shandong Provincial Health Bureau, fourth deaths, xinjiang region, live poultry
Nepal slaughters poultry after 1st bird flu case
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 10 months ago
Credibility Health workers have killed more than 23,000 chickens and ducks in southeast Nepal after authorities detected the country's first known instance of bird flu, officials said Friday. Nepal imposed a ban on poultry imports from India last year after there...
Cirebon women treated for suspected case of bird flu
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 10 months ago
Credibility She was admitted to the hospital on Thursday night, after being first treated at a local hospital in Kuningan...Gunung Jati Hospital spokesperson Haris said Friday that Ela was currently being treated and had been given Tamiflu, an anti- influenza drug.
Tags: bird flu
China tightens control on poultry markets
Shanghai :: China | 10 months ago
Credibility On Tuesday, the central government issued a circular ordering local government agencies to work together to improve supervision at live poultry markets, which, according to some experts, is key to the control and prevention of bird flu. Under the ruling,...
Bird flu kills boy in China
Beijing :: China | 10 months ago
Credibility A 16-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus died Tuesday in central China, the country's third fatality from the disease this month. Authorities ordered stepped up anti-bird flu precautions on fears the virus can survive longer in cold weather...
Tags: virus, poultry, disease, health, h5n1, bird flu, China
Indonesia confirms two more deaths from bird flu
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 10 months ago
Credibility The girl from Bekasi got sick after her parents had bought a chicken in a market. “The cat died after it ate the chicken they bought,” the statement said. The 29-year-old fell ill after visiting a market close to her house, the statement said, without...
Nepal killing poultry to fight avian flu
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 10 months ago
Credibility Avian flu has been detected in southeastern Nepal, prompting authorities to begin slaughtering thousands of poultry, U.N. health officials said Wednesday...World Health Organization said in a statement issued at the United Nations' headquarters in New...
Tags: health, chickens, birds, poultry, bird flu, Nepal, avian flu
China facing 'grim' bird flu fight
Beijing :: China | 10 months ago
Credibility Hospitals in China have been urged to commit more resources to diagnose and treat human cases of bird flu, as a government minister warned of a "grim" fight to contain the spread of the disease. Officials nationwide have been ordered to step up monitoring...
Tags: health, poultry, disease, bird flu, East China, Health Ministry, woman died, Shandong Province
Jakarta sows seeds for self-sufficiency
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 10 months ago
Credibility The callers were divided equally between merchants in the Indonesian capital wanting a few tonnes of the staple and sellers across Java offering similar amounts. “It’s weird things being so calm,” the trader with 18 years experience said.
Tags: Health Ministry, Jakarta, Indonesian, bird flu
Bird flu alert in 26 districts in Nepal
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
Credibility Nepal Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has issued bird flu alert in 26 districts bordering India in view of the possible spread of the disease. According to Nepal news, the ministry has said surveillance has been stepped up in points and highways...
Tags: disease, bird flu, Nepal Ministry of Agriculture, India
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