Nine health workers went on trial in northern Poland Monday accused of having tested a vaccine against bird flu on nearly 200 patients without their knowledge, court officials said.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday approved a test that can diagnose the human strain of avian flu in less than 40 minutes.

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UN agencies called on Tuesday for Vietnam to be vigilant in fighting bird flu after three new human cases were discovered this year, including one woman who died.

Authorities in West Bengal have said about 5,000 birds would be culled after Siliguri reported cases of H5N1 strain of bird flu virus.

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A second outbreak of bird flu in less than a month has been detected on another poultry farm in Canada’s westernmost British Columbia province, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday.

China has reported its first bird flu outbreak among poultry this year, with thousands of fowl destroyed in the country’s far northwest to prevent an epidemic.

A 32-year-old man from northern Vietnam is in hospital with bird flu in the country’s third such case this year, officials said on Monday.

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A recent string of bird flu infections in humans in China posed no pandemic risk as the cases were unrelated, but authorities need to remain alert, UN experts said on Wednesday.

Hong Kong authorities said Friday that a dead bird found in the southern Chinese territory had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.

Nepal Government has started culling of poultry and poultry products in the bird flu affected area of Sharanamati in Jhapa district.

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