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Avian Influenza

Bird flu outbreak in DPR of Korea contained, UN agency reports

25 April 2005
Thanks to the culling of nearly 220,000 infected chickens, vaccination of others and strict biosecurity measures, the recent outbreak of bird flu in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been successfully contained, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.

Eight more human cases of bird flu reported in Viet Nam, UN health agency says

15 April 2005
Eight more human cases of bird flu have been reported in Viet Nam, according to the United Nations health agency, bringing the total since mid-December to 41, 16 of them fatal, in the latest outbreak of a disease that in a worst-case scenario could kill tens of millions people worldwide.

UN health agency urges destruction of potentially dangerous laboratory flu virus

13 April 2005
Although the risk for the general public is considered low, the United Nations health agency is calling on nearly 4,000 laboratories, mostly in the United States and Canada, to destroy immediately flu proficiency testing samples containing a sometimes deadly strain for which many people have at best limited immunity.
A lab technician checks eggs for the avian flu virus

DPR of Korea requests UN aid in fighting bird flu among chickens

11 April 2005
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has formally appealed for United Nations and other international help in its fight against bird flu among chickens, including diagnostic tools and technical aid for control strategies and vaccination, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Avian Influenza

Five more cases of bird flu reported in Viet Nam, UN health agency says

4 April 2005
Five more human cases of bird flu have been reported in Viet Nam, the United Nations health agency said today, bringing the total since mid-December to 33, 15 of them fatal, in the latest outbreak of a disease that in a worst-case scenario could kill tens of millions people worldwide.