by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 23, 2017 | Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on all countries to monitor carefully outbreaks of deadly avian influenza in birds and poultry and to report promptly any human cases that could signal the start of a flu pandemic. Different strains of bird flu have been...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 11, 2017 | World
Some 21,000 turkeys are being culled after a case of H5N8 bird flu was found on another German farm, authorities said on Wednesday, as the disease spreads across Europe. The contagious H5N8 strain of the disease has been confirmed on a farm in Haldern/Mehrhoog, said...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 4, 2017 | World
A massive disposal of ducks was ordered in three different French regions that were found greatly affected by a severe episode of bird flu. Containment is the chief strategy implemented after facing the rapid spreading over the past month, the agriculture ministry...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 17, 2014 | World
London, AP—Chickens were being killed in the Netherlands, and Britain was preparing to kill ducks, after two cases of bird flu were discovered in Europe—but officials insisted Monday that the risk to public health was very low. British officials said they were...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 4, 2013 | World
Hong Kong, AP—Hong Kong has reported its first case of a form of bird flu that killed 45 people in eastern China, suggesting the virus is spreading further south in poultry. The 36-year-old Indonesian domestic helper, who was infected with the new H7N9 flu strain,...
