Poor Asian farmers are weak link in bird flu fight
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ASIA - Reluctance by poor Asian poultry farmers to report bird flu
outbreaks is a weak link in the fight to prevent the deadly disease
spreading and causing a human pandemic, the World Health Organisation
said on Monday. "We need to realise that there is very little incentive
for farmers to report suspected outbreaks," said Dr Shigeru Omi, WHO
regional director for the Western Pacific, which covers 37 Asian and
Pacific nations.
Reuters - 19th September 2005
Two Indonesian children suspected of bird flu
INDONESIA - Two children have been hospitalised in Indonesia with
suspected bird flu and a large zoo in Jakarta has been closed after
tests showed some exotic birds had the virus, government ministers said
on Monday. The highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus has killed
four Indonesians, including one woman who died in Jakarta a week ago.
The virus has killed 64 people in four Asian countries since late 2003
and has also spread to Russia and Europe.
Everyday so many news about bird flu, real scary!
Found some web site hwere people are talking about this dreaded
disease.
http://www.pharman.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=22#post22
http://tvnewslies.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=8403#8403
http://www.popularliving.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=264#264