Malaysia testing 3 people for bird flu; says outbreak isolated
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Malaysian officials on Saturday were testing three people who fell ill in a village hit by the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain, after international health officials warned that the virus appeared to be entrenched in parts of
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Malaysia may take the  unprecedented step of placing an entire state under quarantine  if an outbreak of bird flu that has killed at least 28 people  in the region worsens, officials said on Wednesday.
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Public health officials probing a bird flu outbreak on a farm said Sunday that 36 people could have been in contact with the disease.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been hit by a new outbreak of bird flu suspected to be the same strain which has killed 27 people across Asia and devastated poultry industries.
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Tests for a possible outbreak of bird flu were ongoing at a country estate in north Wales, government officials revealed today.
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Malaysian agricultural officials have confirmed that a deadly strain of bird flu virus has infected poultry in the country.
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The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is found close to the Pakistani capital - officials say it is an isolated case.
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HANOI/KUALA LUMPUR  - Malaysia declared itself  free of bird flu on Thursday, but another death prompted  Vietnam to step up its fight against the virus that has killed  34 people across Asia and ravaged the region's poultry  industry.
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Four people have tested positive for bird flu linked to a low-risk strain found in chickens which died on a farm in north Wales, as samples were being taken Saturday from another farm in the area.
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HONG KONG : A wild bird which died of avian flu in Hong Kong was being tested for the lethal strain that has killed 32 people in Southeast Asia this year, the government said.
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Four people have tested positive for a mild strain of bird flu, British authorities said Friday.
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KUALA LUMPUR : Five Malaysian navy sailors have been hospitalised for bird flu tests after possibly coming into contact with diseased birds while patrolling the disputed Spratly islands, officials said on Friday.
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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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Malaysia is sending more troops to  its border with Thailand to check smuggling of chickens into  northern Kelantan state, under quarantine for a bird flu virus  that can kill humans, defense officials said on Thursday.
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Singapore says it has extended a ban on all poultry and egg imports from Malaysia due to a new outbreak of bird flu there. Singapore says it is working with Malaysia to develop ways to import poultry and eggs
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A three-year-old Indonesian boy has tested positive for bird flu but his life in not in danger, a health ministry official said on Monday.
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Malaysia has detected a new outbreak of bird flu in a village in northeast Kelantan state, the sixth to be hit by the deadly virus in a month, officials have announced.