Sally Furniss
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CHRONOLOGY-Bird flu developments
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Bird flu re-emerged in December 2003 when South Korea confirmed a highly contagious strain of the virus at a chicken farm near Seoul. Here is a chronology of bird flu developments in 2006.
Jan 18 - International donors pledge $1.9 billion to combat the spread of bird flu at the end of a conference in Beijing.
Jan 29 - H5N1 is confirmed in poultry in northern Cyprus.
Feb 8 - The first African cases of the deadly H5N1 strain are detected in poultry in the northern Nigerian states of Kano, Kaduna and Plateau.
Feb 11/12 - Italy says six wild swans found in Sicily and on the southern mainland have tested positive for H5N1. In Greece, three swans found south of Thessaloniki test positive for H5N1. These are the first known cases of the deadly strain in the EU.
Feb 14 - Iran and Austria report cases of H5N1.
Feb 15 - Germany confirms two dead swans found on the Baltic island of Ruegen were infected with H5N1. More than 100 wild birds have since tested positive for H5N1.
Feb 16 - Slovenia confirms first H5N1 case in a wild swan.
Feb 17 - Egypt finds its first cases of H5N1 in chickens.
Feb 18 - India announces its first cases of H5N1, finding the virus in poultry in a western state.
Feb 21 - Laboratory tests confirm H5N1 in three dead swans found near the villages of Nagybaracska and Csatalja in Hungary.
Feb 22 - The EU approves plans by France and the Netherlands to vaccinate millions of hens, ducks and geese against bird flu.
Feb 24 - Cambodia says H5N1 has returned. It has been found in dead ducks near the border with Vietnam.
Feb 25 - France confirms H5N1 at a farm in the east where thousands of turkeys have died. It is the first case of the virus in domestic farm birds in the EU.
Feb 27 - Domestic ducks from Niger test positive for H5N1.
-- Georgia finds H5N1 in wild swans on its Black Sea coast.
March 1 - Switzerland confirms its first case of H5N1 in a bird found in Geneva.
March 2 - Serbia says it has detected its first case of bird flu in a dead swan.
-- A cat found dead in northern Germany is found to have had the highly pathogenic Asian strain that can be trasmitted to humans.
March 6 - Poland confirms two dead swans had H5N1.
March 7 - Nigeria says it has found cases of highly pathogenic bird flu in three new states.
-- Albania becomes the latest European country to report H5N1, detected in a chicken in the southern Sarande coastal region, close to the border with Greece.
March 9 - Serbia confirms its first case of H5N1 in a swan found in the northern Sombor region.
-- German authorities say they have identified a marten, a weasel-like creature, infected with H5N1, the second species of mammal to be found with the virus in the country.
March 12 - Cameroon becomes fourth African state to report an outbreak of H5N1. Nigeria, Niger and Egypt have already reported cases.
March 13 - WHO confirms another human death in Indonesia. The global toll stands at 98, with four victims in Turkey, 22 in Indonesia, four in Cambodia, 10 in China, 14 in Thailand, 42 in Vietnam and two in Iraq.
March 16 - Afghanistan, Myanmar and Denmark confirm their first cases of H5N1 in birds.
March 17 - Israel says it has found cases of H5N1 bird flu in thousands of turkeys and chickens found dead on two farms.
http://www.sabawoon.com/news/
Bird flu re-emerged in December 2003 when South Korea confirmed a highly contagious strain of the virus at a chicken farm near Seoul. Here is a chronology of bird flu developments in 2006.
Jan 18 - International donors pledge $1.9 billion to combat the spread of bird flu at the end of a conference in Beijing.
Jan 29 - H5N1 is confirmed in poultry in northern Cyprus.
Feb 8 - The first African cases of the deadly H5N1 strain are detected in poultry in the northern Nigerian states of Kano, Kaduna and Plateau.
Feb 11/12 - Italy says six wild swans found in Sicily and on the southern mainland have tested positive for H5N1. In Greece, three swans found south of Thessaloniki test positive for H5N1. These are the first known cases of the deadly strain in the EU.
Feb 14 - Iran and Austria report cases of H5N1.
Feb 15 - Germany confirms two dead swans found on the Baltic island of Ruegen were infected with H5N1. More than 100 wild birds have since tested positive for H5N1.
Feb 16 - Slovenia confirms first H5N1 case in a wild swan.
Feb 17 - Egypt finds its first cases of H5N1 in chickens.
Feb 18 - India announces its first cases of H5N1, finding the virus in poultry in a western state.
Feb 21 - Laboratory tests confirm H5N1 in three dead swans found near the villages of Nagybaracska and Csatalja in Hungary.
Feb 22 - The EU approves plans by France and the Netherlands to vaccinate millions of hens, ducks and geese against bird flu.
Feb 24 - Cambodia says H5N1 has returned. It has been found in dead ducks near the border with Vietnam.
Feb 25 - France confirms H5N1 at a farm in the east where thousands of turkeys have died. It is the first case of the virus in domestic farm birds in the EU.
Feb 27 - Domestic ducks from Niger test positive for H5N1.
-- Georgia finds H5N1 in wild swans on its Black Sea coast.
March 1 - Switzerland confirms its first case of H5N1 in a bird found in Geneva.
March 2 - Serbia says it has detected its first case of bird flu in a dead swan.
-- A cat found dead in northern Germany is found to have had the highly pathogenic Asian strain that can be trasmitted to humans.
March 6 - Poland confirms two dead swans had H5N1.
March 7 - Nigeria says it has found cases of highly pathogenic bird flu in three new states.
-- Albania becomes the latest European country to report H5N1, detected in a chicken in the southern Sarande coastal region, close to the border with Greece.
March 9 - Serbia confirms its first case of H5N1 in a swan found in the northern Sombor region.
-- German authorities say they have identified a marten, a weasel-like creature, infected with H5N1, the second species of mammal to be found with the virus in the country.
March 12 - Cameroon becomes fourth African state to report an outbreak of H5N1. Nigeria, Niger and Egypt have already reported cases.
March 13 - WHO confirms another human death in Indonesia. The global toll stands at 98, with four victims in Turkey, 22 in Indonesia, four in Cambodia, 10 in China, 14 in Thailand, 42 in Vietnam and two in Iraq.
March 16 - Afghanistan, Myanmar and Denmark confirm their first cases of H5N1 in birds.
March 17 - Israel says it has found cases of H5N1 bird flu in thousands of turkeys and chickens found dead on two farms.