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Bird flu in Asia remains an ongoing emergency and could worsen – UN

1 February 2005
Bird flu, which in a worst-case scenario could mutate into a human pandemic with potentially disastrous results, presents an ongoing emergency in Asia and the international community must help affected countries implement effective control strategies, according to the latest United Nations assessment released today.

Further sporadic human cases of bird flu can be expected in Asian countries – UN

27 January 2005
With the number of human bird flu cases in Viet Nam since mid-December now reaching 10, nine of them fatal, the United Nations health agency has warned that further sporadic cases and occasional family clusters can be expected considering the current spread of outbreaks in poultry in some Asian countries.
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WHO helps Viet Nam boost bird flu detection after two new reported human cases

7 January 2005
The United Nations health agency is helping Viet Nam strengthen the detection of bird flu viruses after two more children were reported to have died from the disease, warning that cooler winter temperatures and activities linked to the approach of the Lunar New Year in February may increase the risk of further human cases.

UN health agency calls for heightened control in Viet Nam after new bird flu case

31 December 2004
The United Nations health agency has called for heightened control measures against bird flu in Viet Nam following informal reports of a new human case, warning that increases in poultry marketing, transportation, and consumption with the approach of the Lunar New Year in February create conditions favouring its spread.

Apparently healthy ducks may pose new risk in spread of deadly bird flu – UN

11 November 2004
Domestic ducks without symptoms may be acting as a silent reservoir for a potentially deadly strain of bird flu that could be transmitted to humans, United Nations agencies warned today.

WHO in Thailand investigating possible spread of bird flu by humans

28 September 2004
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is helping authorities in Thailand determine if two recent cases of bird flu are evidence of the first human-to-human transmission of the virus, raising fears of a possible influenza pandemic.

Bird flu crisis of 'global importance,' UN agency warns

27 September 2004
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that the bird flu epidemic in Asia is a "crisis of global importance," and predicted that the virus, which continues to circulate in the region, will probably not be eradicated in the near future.

Bird flu: UN health agency to probe possible role of cats in the infection of humans

3 September 2004
The United Nations health agency is investigating reports that bird flu, which experts say could mutate into a potentially deadly human pandemic under certain conditions, has now jumped the species barrier to infect cats.

UN health agency seeks details on potentially ominous bird flu infection in pigs

23 August 2004
The United Nations health agency is seeking further details from China about the first-ever reported natural infection of pigs with a highly infectious strain of bird flu, a development that could be of particular concern as it would increase opportunities for the emergence of a new human influenza virus with pandemic potential.
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Bird flu: UN to send team to Viet Nam to assess risks from latest human deaths

19 August 2004
The United Nations health agency is sending a small staff team to Viet Nam to assess the risks posed by the latest deadly outbreak of bird flu in humans and its potential to mutate into a human pandemic.