S.E. Asia Sets Up Task Force to Tackle Bird Flu
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YANGON, Myanmar  - Southeast Asian nations agreed  on Friday to set up a task force to coordinate the fight  against a deadly bird flu which has killed 31 people and  ravaged poultry flocks across the region.
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A wild bird which died of avian flu in Hong Kong is being tested for the lethal strain that has killed 32 people in Southeast Asia this year.
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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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Bird flu has resurfaced in parts of Asia, with human deaths reported in Indonesia and China and fresh outbreaks plaguing other countries during the winter months when the virus typically flares.
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China ordered strengthened poultry disinfection measures yesterday under a bird flu alert during the wildfowl migration season and as Thailand announced its first probable case of human-to-human transmission.
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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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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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KAMPUNG PASIR PEKAN, Malaysia  - 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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Thailand has launched a month-long campaign to fight bird flu, with hundreds of thousands of volunteers checking for the disease nationwide.
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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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As bird flu spreads in the region, Vietnam is deploying teams of veterinary experts nationwide to inspect efforts to fight the disease that has killed 19 people in the country, including three this month, officials said Monday.
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KOLKATA, India  - Workers sprayed roads and markets in Kolkata with disinfectants and culled thousands of birds as authorities in eastern India battled to stop an outbreak of bird flu in poultry reaching the crowded city.
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Some Muslim countries are ill-prepared to tackle an outbreak of bird flu because of poor resources and public apathy, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official said at a meeting of Islamic nations on Wednesday.
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SINGAPORE - Bird flu, which risks being deadlier than the SARS outbreak, is endemic to Southeast Asia and poses the biggest risk to public health in the region, Singapore officials and international health experts said on Monday.
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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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BANGKOK - Millions of volunteers led by emergency teams fanned out across Thailand yesterday in a new drive to fight bird flu after Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gave officials 30 days to eradicate the epidemic.
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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