Bird Flu

Mexico, May 10: Authorities slaughtered 55,000 chickens at a farm in the central state of Puebla where avian flu was detected, Mexico's agriculture department said.The Senasica food-safety agency ordered the birds sacrificed after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the H7 ...

Beijing, April 15: As bird flu is spreading fast in China, Russia is taking precautionary measures to control the spread. "The World Health Organisation (WHO) has not yet given recommendations for quarantine, and we are not introducing prohibitive measures now, ...

Beijing, April 5: China braced for a major outbreak of the new bird flu H7N9 virus after it reported the death of a sixth person on Friday with two more new cases taking the total number of cases to 16. ...

Patna, March 11: More than 2,000 chickens were culled and a large quantity of eggs destroyed in Bihar's Purnea district in the last 24 hours following an outbreak of avian flu, officials said Monday.Purnea District Magistrate Manish Verma said bird flu ...

Siliguri (WB), Mar 1: Health authorities in West Bengal on Sunday, Mar 1 said they are working in tandem with civic authorities to spread awareness about clean husbandry practices to counter bird flu.Over 5,000 birds have been culled here so far ...

Beijing, Jan 27: An 18-year-old man died from bird flu on Monday, Jan 26 in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the fifth human death from the H5N1 virus in China this year. ...