ASEAN nations urged to work together against bird flu threat
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Global health experts have warned Southeast Asia it must unite to combat the spread of bird flu. The World health Organisation says the virus has the potential to become the next human influenza pandemic.
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The outbreak of avian flu in Asia could become a pandemic, health experts have warned. Francois Xavier-Meslin, the World Health Organisation&#39;s disease control, prevention and eradication co-ordinator, said a health crisis is getting closer.
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Malaysia gassed hundreds of screeching birds in a village near the Thai border on Thursday, seeking a quick end to its first outbreak of bird flu, a scourge that has killed 27 people in Southeast Asia this year.
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Health ministers and officials from 13 countries are meeting in the Thai capital, Bangkok to try to fight a growing threat from bird flu.
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The World Health Organization is warning countries experiencing outbreaks of bird flu (H5N1) in poultry to be aware that domestic ducks may be infecting humans, as well as other poultry with the bird flu virus.
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Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao have reached consensus on measures used to prevent bird flu and SARS. The Third Joint Meeting of Senior Health Officials from the Chinese
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Health authorities across the country meet today to discuss stepping up measures against the bird flu, in the wake of possible signs of human-to-human transmission of the lethal virus.
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Asia faces an outbreak of unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza, which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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Amid warnings of new infectious disease outbreaks, delegates to the World Health Organization&#39;s regional conference were discussing Tuesday ways to improve strategies for dealing with SARS, avian influenza and threats to food safety
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A case of bird flu in Thailand sparks fears of human to human transmission.
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Every country in the world must come up with a plan urgently to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, a top global health expert said on Friday.
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Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has asked authorities to take drastic measures to fight bird flu after the potentially fatal virus killed hundreds of poultry in the capital Hanoi.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Building a stockpile of bird flu vaccine would help ensure that poor countries do not lose out if a flu virus starts killing people worldwide, the World Health Organization's top flu official said yesterday.
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A Malaysian state near the border with Thailand faces a quarantine to stop the spread of potentially deadly bird flu, which has spread inexorably since first being discovered in this country a month ago, a news report said
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Bangkok, Dec. 13 (VNA) - Thailand and Hong Kong have agreed that their cooperation in the fight against bird flu must continue until the deadly virus is completely wiped out, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Chaturon Chaiseang said.
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SINGAPORE: Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan has outlined three areas of global cooperation in dealing with international public health emergencies such as the current bird flu outbreak.
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WASHINGTON -- With increasing signs that bird flu is becoming established in Asia and a shortage of flu vaccine in America, health officials from several nations and more than a dozen vaccine companies plan to meet this month for an unprecedented summit