Man quarantined after Hong Kong's first preliminary positive test for Wuhan virus HONG KONG: Hong Kong quarantined a 39-year-old man on Wednesday after the city's first preliminary positive result in a test for the new flu-like coronavirus found in an outbreak in central mainland China, authorities said. The tourist from Wuhan... Environment 22 Jan, 2020
First bird flu death: What next? The “One Health” approach has proved to be effective in reducing zoonotic diseases by working together with infectious disease clinicians, veterinarians, public health and medical microbiologists On May 3, the Ministry of Health and Population... 31 May, 2019
China reports highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at chicken farm 1st case of H5N1 in poultry since 2014 One of 6 cases of highly pathogenic bird flu this year 1st case on a broiler farm this year BEIJING/PARIS: China reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at a farm in its... Women 28 Jun, 2018
Slaughter-team resumes culling poultry in bird flu �contaminated areas� CHITWAN: With the farmer’s protest coming to an end, a technical team deployed to slaughter fowls in the regions which were declared bird-flu-contaminated has resumed operations. In response to the outbreak of severe avian influenza, a... Travel 19 May, 2018
Severe H5N1 bird flu reported in Chitwan CHITWAN: Khairhani Municipality in Chitwan district has reported an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, authorities said. The virus has killed 2,500 hens exposed in two poultry farms while the remaining domestic birds including ducks, hens and pigeons were... Travel 18 May, 2018
Myanmar H1N1 swine flu death toll rises to 10 YANGON: Four more people have died in an outbreak of H1N1 influenza in Myanmar, a health official said on Monday, taking the death toll in the latest outbreak to 10 as the government stepped up public awareness campaigns about the swine flu... Environment 31 Jul, 2017
Malaysia raises alert as bird flu virus hits more birds KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities raised an alert for a northeastern state after the virulent H5N1 bird flu virus was found to have spread to poultry in more villages. Some 24,000 birds have been culled in Kelantan state since the H5N1 strain was... Environment 16 Mar, 2017
Nepal reports H5N8 bird flu in Koshi region PARIS: Nepal has reported an outbreak of severe H5N8 bird flu in a poultry farm in the Koshi region, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Monday, citing a report from the Nepali authorities. The virus killed 3,650 of the 6,200 hens... Travel 14 Mar, 2017
� THT 10 years ago: Alert on border to check bird flu Jhapa, February 21, 2006 The Nepal-India border has been put under alert following the news of bird flu in India, a report from Jhapa said. Officer at the Livestock Quarantine Check post (Jhapa) Dr Dilip Sapkota said custom check posts have been put... 22 Feb, 2016
Iraq bans poultry imports Baghdad, January 10 Iraq has extended a ban on imports of frozen and live poultry products to cover two dozen countries, including China and Nepal, the government said today. Baghdad last month restricted poultry imports from France, where an... 11 Jan, 2016
Neighbour Briefs Bird flu in B’desh Dhaka: At least 117,000 chickens were destroyed in northern Bangladesh on Sunday after avian flu outbreak on one of the country’s largest poultry farms. The H5N1 strain of flu was detected on Saturday when 400 chickens... Women 15 Mar, 2010
Swine flu is widespread only in 25 states ATLANTA: Swine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups. Swine flu was widespread in only 25 states last week — mostly...
