Newsbriefs on bird flu – Friday April 6
April 6, 2007 by Grace Ibay
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Egypt teams with Indonesia for bird flu vaccine. Egyptian vaccine maker is teaming up with an Indonesian company to develop a bird flu vaccine for humans. [SciAm News]
Egyptian toddler tests positive for H5N1. A two-year old Egyptian girl tested positive for the bird flu virus, bringing the total human victims in Egypt to 33. [Reuters AlertNews]
Cambodian girl dies of bird flu. A 13-year old girl from Ponhea Kreak died on bird flu Thursday, only three days after getting ill from the virus. [People's Daily Online]
Indonesian girl dies of bird flu . A 15-year old girl from Jakarta died of bird flu, bringing the total human fatality to 73. [Reuters AlertNews]
Turkey declares country as bird-flu free. After seeing no bird flu incidence in more than a year, Turkey lifted off all quarantine and declared itself free of the disease. [AFP News]
Global vaccine reserve set up for developing countries. The World Health Organization will begin stockpiling a global vaccine reserve for developing countries. This developed in response to Indonesia’s calls for a fair distribution of the vaccine among all nations. [Andhracafe.com]
Tags: bird flu, influenza, Indonesia, Turkey, WHO, Cambodia
