HK eyes regional steps in bird flu battle
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Hong Kong is keeping a close watch on the bird flu situation and will recommend measures to collaborate with health agencies across the region in the prevention and control of the disease, according to a local government report released yesterday.
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Authorities in eastern India battling the country's worst ever outbreak of bird flu said Monday they needed to step up the slaughter of chickens and ducks to beat a spread in the virus.
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India and Bangladesh searched for new cases of bird flu Thursday as authorities pressed ahead with plans to slaughter hundreds of thousands of birds in a bid to keep the outbreak from spreading, officials said.
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Britain is to step up its efforts to combat the spread of bird flu by introducing strategic testing for the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, the environment agency has announced.
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Hong Kong's government has ordered  schools to step up precautions against influenza as another  child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.
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BANGKOK - The World Health Organization on Friday urged Asian countries to provide full disclosure and strengthen the information-sharing to curb the bird flu outbreak.
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WHO calls for every country in the world to make plans to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic that is likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year.
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Thai and international health officials  were due to meet on Monday to review a case in which there is a  "very remote possibility" birdflu was passed from human to  human, a senior WHO official said.
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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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Hospitals and health officials across Thailand have been placed on high alert to monitor for any cases of human-to-human transmission of the deadly bird flu virus.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for measures to prevent a flu pandemic in humans after China said a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs, adding to signs that an outbreak among people was likely.
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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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Hard-hit Thailand plans a campaign to change poultry farming methods as it seeks to stamp out the deadly bird flu virus before migrating wildfowl return during the northern winter, a senior minister said on Thursday.
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The World Health Organization warned here Saturday that a pandemic of avian influenza is likely to occur unless Asian countries intensify preventative efforts.
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Thai and international health officials were due to meet on Monday to review a case in which there is a "very remote possibility" birdflu was passed from human to human, a senior WHO official said.
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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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Public health experts in Hong Kong are urging governments to stretch limited stockpiles of bird flu vaccines and lower the dosage used, arguing that such a strategy would reduce overall infection rates.