bird flu is back

Bird flu is back!



Sep 9, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesia's health ministry reported today that two men have died of H5N1 avian influenza over the past 3 months, marking the government's first official announcement of human cases since early June, when it said it would provide periodic updates instead of case-by-case notifications.

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/sep0908indo-br.html

LOME, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Togo has imposed a quarantine on a southern village after a suspected outbreak of bird flu killed nearly 4,000 poultry in the small West African state, the government said on Wednesday.

http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnLA236608.html

Sep 10, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – A government official in Laos yesterday said the H5N1 avian influenza virus has been detected in ducks in one of the country's provinces, the same day Togo's health ministry announced that avian influenza struck a poultry farm near that country's capital.

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/sep1008avian-jw.html

Activation of surveillance committees ordered

Thursday, September 11, 2008
By our correspondent

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=135158