The last news on FT that I could find on South Korea's outbreak on several poultry farms is dated 11/30/06. They were launching a wider culling circle--encompassing 500,000+ poultry, as it had spread to 1-2 additional farms from the first one.
....and now.....silence for 6 days?
AND...what of 4 new suspected H5N1 human cases in Egypt in the same time frame? More silence?
And then there was Indonesia....
Two questions:
1. Has anyone heard anything further about this event?
2. Isnt this a repeating pattern? News of a sudden new outbreak happens--and then (just as suddenly) there is zero followup, and a news blackout.
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Avian Influenza Alert Upgraded
By Park Chung-a
Staff Reporter
The government upgraded the alert level on avian influenza from ``attention?? to ``precaution?? Thursday in an attempt to raise people?s awareness of the highly virulent H5N1 virus following two outbreaks in Iksan, North Cholla Province, 280 km south of Seoul
....and now.....silence for 6 days?
AND...what of 4 new suspected H5N1 human cases in Egypt in the same time frame? More silence?
And then there was Indonesia....
Two questions:
1. Has anyone heard anything further about this event?
2. Isnt this a repeating pattern? News of a sudden new outbreak happens--and then (just as suddenly) there is zero followup, and a news blackout.
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Avian Influenza Alert Upgraded
By Park Chung-a
Staff Reporter
The government upgraded the alert level on avian influenza from ``attention?? to ``precaution?? Thursday in an attempt to raise people?s awareness of the highly virulent H5N1 virus following two outbreaks in Iksan, North Cholla Province, 280 km south of Seoul
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