News Articles on bird-flu

Reuters
Posted at Sep 10 07:37 PM

France has raised its bird flu alert level after a severe form of the virus was found among backyard poultry in the northeast. Read more »

India reports first human death from bird flu

Reuters
Posted at Jul 22 01:19 PM

An 11-year-old boy has died in India from a bird flu virus of the H5N1 strain, the first such fatality in the country, highlighting a potential new risk for the world's second-most populous nation battling the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Filipinos train in P1.1-billion US-funded training to fight emerging agri diseases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 07:14 PM

Philippine agricultural workers have concluded training under a P1.1-billion program funded by the United States that aims to immediately detect and fight emergent agricultural diseases in the future, the US Embassy said on Thursday. Read more »

EXPLAINER: So far, low risk of human spread of H10N3 bird flu

Dominique Patton, Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 03:57 AM

Little is known about the virus, which appears to be rare in birds, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, and does not cause severe disease. Read more »

China confirms first human case of bird flu strain

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 05:14 PM

BEIJING - China reported the world's first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain on Tuesday but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low. Read more »

7 tao, nahawaan ng AH5N8 bird flu sa Russia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 08:21 PM

Ito ang unang beses na may naitalang kaso ng AH5N8 transmission mula sa hayop papunta sa tao. Read more »

Gobyerno bantay-sarado laban sa pagpasok ng AH5N8 bird flu virus sa bansa

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 07:59 PM

MAYNILA — Tiniyak ng Department of Health na bantay sarado nila, kasama ang Bureau of Quarantine at Department of Agriculture, ang mga border ng bansa para hindi makapasok sa Pilipinas ang AH5N8 bird flu virus. Read more »

Russia reports first case of human infection with AH5N8 bird flu to WHO

Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 09:29 PM

Russia reported the case to the WHO "several days ago, just as we became absolutely certain of our results," Popova said on Rossiya 24 state TV. Read more »

Philippines now free of H5N6 bird flu, but monitoring another strain

Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 02:02 PM

The Philippines is now free of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu virus, the Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday, citing a declaration by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Read more »

Researchers discover H5N8 strain of bird flu in Hong Kong for 1st time

Danny Mok and Elizabeth Cheung, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jan 15 02:44 PM

Hong Kong authorities have stepped up their vigilance against bird flu after a highly pathogenic strain was detected in the city for the first time. Read more »

France to cull 600,000 poultry to stem bird flu

Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 04:48 AM

PARIS - France is to cull around 600,000 poultry birds as it tries to contain an avian influenza virus that is spreading among duck flocks in the southwest of the country, the farm ministry said on Tuesday. Read more »

Dutch cull 190,000 chickens after bird flu outbreaks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 15 05:33 AM

THE HAGUE - Dutch authorities have culled some 190,000 chickens after a highly-contagious strain of bird flu broke out at at least two poultry farms, the agriculture ministry said Sunday. Read more »

Japan to order nationwide disinfection against bird flu outbreak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 07:28 PM

Japan's government will on Wednesday call for disinfections of poultry farms across the country to contain an outbreak of bird flu, national broadcaster NHK said. Read more »

France, Denmark launch culls over bird flu cases

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 17 06:45 AM

PARIS - France and Denmark confirmed bird flu cases on Monday days after an outbreak in the Netherlands triggered a massive cull. Read more »

South Korea confirms H5N8 bird flu in wild birds, issues warning

Reuters
Posted at Nov 10 11:15 PM

South Korea's agriculture ministry said on Tuesday it had confirmed the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain of bird flu in samples from wild birds in the central west of the country and issued its bird flu warning. Read more »

Japan's Kagawa prefecture to cull 330,000 chickens after bird flu outbreak

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 05 10:58 AM

Japan's Kagawa prefecture will cull 330,000 chickens at a farm after the country's first bird flu outbreak in poultry in more than two years, government officials said on Thursday. Read more »

PH bans Australian poultry imports due to bird flu

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 06:07 PM

The Philippines issued a temporary ban on poultry imports from Australia due to concerns over possible bird flu contamination. Read more »

Makati LGU monitors poultry products from Pampanga town amid news of bird flu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 04:52 PM

The local government of Makati is urging all consumers and dealers in the city to refrain from buying and selling poultry products from San Luis town in Pampanga after the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) confirmed the presence of Avian Influenza A or bird flu in said town last week. Read more »

Pagkalat ng bird flu na nadiskubre sa Pampanga, naiwasan sa maagap na askiyon: opisyal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 02:22 PM

MAYNILA – Laking pasalamat ng Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) na hindi na kumalat pa ang nadiskubre nilang bird flu sa Pampanga. Read more »

ALAMIN: Ilang dapat tandaan, pag-iingat kontra bird flu

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 07:42 PM

Dahil may tsansang makahawa pa ito, iginiit ng Bureau of Animal Industry na mahalagang paigtingin ang biosecurity sa mga farm. Read more »

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