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Asia braces for spill-over of new bird flu strain

BANGKOK, 8 April 2013 (IRIN Asia) - Officials throughout Asia are implementing measures to protect people from a new strain of bird flu - H7N9 - that has so far infected 24 people in China, killing seven. full report

Swine flu kills 25 in OPT in past few weeks

 TEL AVIV, 29 January 2013 (IRIN Middle East) - Health officials in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) are calling on residents to get vaccinated against the H1N1 virus (“swine flu”) after 25 deaths in recent weeks. full report

Cambodian bird flu deaths prompt awareness drive

 PHNOM PENH, 28 January 2013 (IRIN Asia) - Health authorities in Cambodia will bolster public awareness campaigns on H5N1 avian influenza after four people became infected in January, resulting in two fatalities. full report

Indonesian bird flu outbreak "has only infected ducks"

 JAKARTA, 17 January 2013 (IRIN Asia) - Indonesian health officials have downplayed concerns over a fresh outbreak of avian influenza which has killed some 160,000 reared ducks since September 2012. full report

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