Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, Union Health Minister, undertook a review of the bird flu situation in the country. He also looked into the preparedness of various agencies set up to tackle the viral spread.

Bird flu has struck two poultry flocks in northern Vietnam, a newspaper reported Sunday, after authorities warned that the killer virus could resurface strongly in the cold and wet winter months.

As hundreds of migratory birds have started flocking the Bhitarkanika National Park in Bhubaneshwar, authorities have sounded high alert following the outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal.

Authorities in Manipur have deployed a special team of doctors to prevent the spread of avian flu from neighboring states.

With the outbreak of bird

A Hong Kong-born infant has contracted a mild form of bird flu, the fifth case of its type in the territory, health authorities said Tuesday.

The

Health authorities in India on Saturday confirmed a fresh outbreak of deadly bird flu after thousands of chickens died, officials said.

The latest

Culling operations are continuing in bird flu affected Pubong village under Takdah block of Darjeeling Sadar sub-division and Matigaraha under Siliguri sub-division.

Indonesia has borne the brunt of the avian influenza (bird flu) with more than 50pct of the victims coming from this Asian nation. But the country’s health

A leading environmental expert has said the Australian islands three kilometers from the Papua New Guinea coastline are a major bio-security threat to the country.

The body of Sir Mark Sykes, an important British politician, was exhumed in Britain last week, 89 years after he was felled by Spanish flu. The attempt