VOA NEWS: AUSTRALIA TESTS BIRD FLU DEFENSES
The Voice of America issued the following story: By Phil Mercer One-thousand people in Australia have conducted a four-day bird flu exercise that simulated the arrival of a planeload of flu-stricken passengers at Brisbane's international airport. The drill included customs officers, the police, and
Publication: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
Fed: Bird Flu could devastate Australia's economy
AAP General News (Australia) 02-23-2006 Fed: Bird Flu could devastate Australia's economy By Nikki Todd BRISBANE, Feb 23 AAP - The possibility of a bird flu pandemic could be the single mostimportant threat to Australia's economy, a leading economist says. Dr John Edwards, chief economist at HSBC
Publication: AAP General News (Australia)
Fed: Australia needs education campaign on bird flu, Greens
AAP General News (Australia) 09-23-2005 Fed: Australia needs education campaign on bird flu, Greens SYDNEY, Sept 23 AAP - The federal government needs to run a public education campaignto inform Australians about bird flu, the Greens say. Greens Senator Bob Brown said the public had the right to
Publication: AAP General News (Australia)
Fed: No trace of bird flu in Australia - chief vet
AAP General News (Australia) 02-23-2006 Fed: No trace of bird flu in Australia - chief vet CANBERRA, Feb 23 AAP - Widespread surveillance has found no (no) trace of the deadlyH5N1 strain of avian influenza in Australia, the nation's chief veterinary officer says. And an expanded surveillance
Publication: AAP General News (Australia)
SA: Australia to spearhead health campaign against bird flu
AAP General News (Australia) 08-28-2005 SA: Australia to spearhead health campaign against bird flu By Brad Watts ADELAIDE, Aug 28 AAP - Australia will push for more action against bird flu at theAPEC forum later this year, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says. Mr Downer said the federal
Publication: AAP General News (Australia)
Australia bans imports of birds from Canada after pigeons found with bird flu...
MIKE CORDER, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 10-21-2005 Dateline: SYDNEY, AustraliaAustralian authorities said Friday they are banning the import of birds from Canada after three racing pigeons tested positive for bird flu antibodies.The birds were in a consignment of 102 pigeons that
Publication: AP Worldstream
Fed: Australia may close borders in bird flu outbreak: Downer
AAP General News (Australia) 10-31-2005 Fed: Australia may close borders in bird flu outbreak: Downer EDS: Embargoed to 2100 (AEDT) on Monday, October 31. By Roberta Mancuso BRISBANE, Oct 31 AAP - The federal government continued to warn of a bird flu pandemictoday, as Australia's peak medical
Publication: AAP General News (Australia)
Australia guards its shores against bird flu.
26 SEPTEMBER 2005 SYDNEY (Pacnews) - Australia, so far free from Asia's deadly strain of bird flu, is patrolling its northern regions to guard against infection from migratory birds and screening airline passengers for poultry products This is the time of year, the southern spring, when migratory
Publication: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association
Australia holds anti-bird flu exercise
Australia holds anti-bird flu exercise CANBERRA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) - Australia's government officials, emergency teams and poultry industries responded to a hypothetical spread of bird flu as a three-day national desktop anti-bird flu exercise started on Tuesday. About 1,000 attendants are involved
Publication: Xinhua News Agency
CORR AUSTRALIA UNPREPARED FOR BIRD FLU, SAYS SCIENTIST.
(Corrects headline) CANBERRA, Oct 26 Asia Pulse - Australia is completely unprepared to deal with a bird flu pandemic and its plans to cope with an outbreak are seriously flawed, a top scientist says. Dr Graeme Laver, an internationally-renowned bird flu expert, slammed the federal government's
Publication: AsiaPulse News
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