Timeline: Bird flu in the UK
Found on 10 Jan 2008 18:29 GMT
A date-by-date guide to how bird flu has affected the UK.
Avian Influenza A/(H7N2) in the United Kingdom Update
Found on 04 Jun 2007 09:59 GMT
Following the confirmation on 25 May 2007 by Health Authorities of the United Kingdom, of influenza A/H7N2 virus infection in four individuals (two in Wales and two in north-west England) exposed to infected poultry at smallholding, Corwen Farm, Conwy, Wales, the National Public Health Service (NPHS) for Wales is continuing with the investigation of the incident and with the implementation of p...
Avian Influenza A/(H7N2) in the United Kingdom
Found on 29 May 2007 09:59 GMT
On 25 May 2007, the United Kingdom Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced that influenza A/H7N2 virus infection had been laboratory confirmed in four individuals exposed to infected poultry in Corwen Farm, Conwy, Wales. The poultry outbreak in Wales started on a smallholding, Corwen Farm, Conwy, on 8 May 2007, was laboratory confirmed on 24 May 2007, and notified to the World Organisation for...
Britain's bird flu preparations
Found on 28 Apr 2006 13:15 GMT
What measures has the UK taken to deal with bird flu and the threat the virus might mutate and cause a human pandemic?
Asian Bird Flu Spreads to England
MICHAEL McDONOUGH, Associated Press Writer AP Online 10-23-2005 Dateline: LONDONChinese vendors wait for customers at a shop selling chickens in Beijing, China, Sunday, Oct 23, 2005. China's latest outbreak of the virulent H5N1 bird flu strain among fowl was reported this week in its Inner Mongolia
Publication: AP Online
Indian chicken is off the menu for our Test stars; ENGLAND'S HUNGRY ASHES HER...
Byline: AMAR SINGH THE ENGLAND cricket team are being fed specially imported chicken at their fivestar hotel as bird flu panic grips India. Bosses at the Taj Residency in Baroda have ordered that players, including captain Michael Vaughan and the ever-hungry Andrew Flintoff, must be served chicken
Publication: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Bird flu hits turkey farm in eastern England.
LONDON: British officials yesterday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in turkeys on a farm in eastern England. Officials said the turkeys had tested positive for the H5 subtype of the disease. It was not yet known whether it was the H5N1 strain, which has killed dozens of people around the world.
Publication: Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
Fears avian flu may be in UK as ten birds tested in England
UP TO ten wild birds were being tested for avian flu in England last night amid growing concern that the disease may have reached Britain. One dead swan found in a Cambridgeshire village was taken to the EU veterinary laboratories in Weybridge, Surrey yesterday. The news came as academics from
Publication: The Scotsman
Bird flu in eastern England confirmed to be H5N1 strain
Bird flu in eastern England confirmed to be H5N1 strain LONDON, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) - The type of bird flu found in turkeys on a Suffolk farm, eastern England, is the virulent H5N1 strain, according to government vets Tuesday. Acting Chief Veterinary Officer Fred Landeg made the announcement at a
Publication: Xinhua News Agency
Bird flu in eastern England confirmed as H5N1 strain
Bird flu in eastern England confirmed as H5N1 strain LONDON, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) - The type of bird flu detected inturkeys on a Suffolk farm, eastern England, is the virulent H5N1strain, according to government vets Tuesday.Acting Chief Veterinary Officer Fred Landeg made theannouncement at a press
Publication: Xinhua News Agency
Britain confirms new case of bird flu in eastern England
British officials on Monday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in turkeys on a farm in eastern England. The department said the turkeys had tested positive for the H5 strain of the disease. It was not yet known whether it was the deadly H5NI strain, which has killed dozens of people around the
Publication: AP Worldstream
Two more farms in east England find bird flu infection
Two more farms in east England find bird flu infection LONDON, April 29 (Xinhua) - Two farms close to a farm infected with bird flu in east England have found the disease in their livestock, Britain's Environment Ministry said on Saturday. "We can confirm preliminary tests indicate H7N3 (bird
Publication: Xinhua News Agency
Britain confirms new cases of bird flu in eastern England
British officials on Monday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in turkeys on a farm in eastern England. The department said the turkeys had tested positive for the H5 subtype of the disease. It was not yet known whether it was the H5N1 strain, which has killed dozens of people around the world. The
Publication: AP Worldstream
H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Confirmed in England
LONDON - Officials confirmed Saturday that the H5N1 strain of bird flu had been found in turkeys on a commercial farm - Britain's first mass outbreak of the disease that has ravaged Asia's poultry stocks and killed more than 160 people worldwide. The virus strain that killed about 2,500 turkeys on
Publication: AP Online
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