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The World Health Organization says it expects the Zika virus to spread to every country in the Western Hemisphere except Canada. It says the virus has already “spread to 21 countries and territories of the Americas.” “Canada is…
An Omani man has been placed in quarantine in Thailand after testing positive for the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, Thai health ministry officials said on Sunday. The 71-year-old man arrived in Bangkok on a flight…
More than 100 people have been quarantined in Sierra Leone after coming in contact with a woman who died of Ebola last week, highlighting the potential for the disease to spread, just as the deadliest outbreak on record appeared to…
Nigeria has reported more outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in its Kano and Delta regions. One outbreak of the H5N1 strain on a farm in the Delta region caused 7973 deaths in a flock comprising broilers, layers and…
Ten more outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been reported in Taiwan. There were three outbreaks of the H5N8 strain, in Pingtung, Chiayi, and Koahsiung counties. The farms affected included a duck farm, a goose farm and…
There have been another five outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The outbreaks were of the H5N1 serotype, and affected two farms and three backyard holdings. Two of the backyard outbreaks affected…
Cases of bird flu in France have doubled since Friday, with the Ministry of Agriculture announcing a total of 61 early yesterday afternoon (22 December) compared with 30 at the end of last week. In a web statement, the…
Three more outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been reported in France, bringing the total number of outbreaks to thirteen. In Landes, an outbreak of the H5N9 strain in Horsarieux was detected in a breeding flock of over…
A total of 18,810 chickens were culled on a poultry farm in central Taiwan’s Changhua County late Thursday after it was confirmed that they had been infected with the highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza, inspection officials said Friday. Officials…
Health authorities in the central province of Nghe An have culled more than 2,365 chicken after many of them were found infected with two dangerous strains of bird flu. The birds from two farms in Yen Thanh and Dien…
