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Britain 'faces 75,000 bird flu deaths' (Guardian Unlimited)
Found on 21 Jul 2008 12:25 GMT
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Britain faces 75,000 deaths in bird flu pandemic, Lords report predicts (Guar...
Found on 21 Jul 2008 12:17 GMT
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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?

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

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

Test on parrot shows bird flu has hit England
LONDON - The British government said Sunday that a strain of bird flu that killed a parrot in quarantine is the deadly H5N1 strain that has plagued Asia and recently spread to Europe. Scientists determined that the parrot, imported from South America, died of the strain of avian flu that has

Publication: Daily Breeze

UK government: chickens on farm in southern England have H7 subtype of bird flu
The British government says it has detected the presence of the H7 subtype of bird flu among chickens at a farm near Banbury. The town is about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of London. The government said Tuesday it is too soon to know whether the virus is a particularly lethal strain. The H7

Publication: AP Worldstream

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

The Monday Question: Has the outbreak of bird flu in England put you off eain...
The bird flu outbreak has not changed people's culinary habits, if the opinions of people in Durham City centre yesterday are an accurate gauge. Kate Pulford, 19, studying mathematics at Durham University, said she would not be eating poultry, but only because she is a vegetarian. My father used to

Publication: The Journal (Newcastle, England)

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

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

Asian Bird Flu Spreads to England
MICHAEL McDONOUGH, Associated Press Writer AP Online 10-23-2005 Dateline: LONDON Chinese 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

Publication: AP Online