China Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak/ Vietnam Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak/ 3 Children Dead From Flu In New Zealand

What´s up with this? Is this bird flu shit really something to start worring about??????

China reports new outbreak of bird flu - FAO
06.21.2005, 07:48 AM

BEIJING (AFX) - China today reported a new outbreak of deadly bird flu which has infected 128 geese and ducks in the northwestern Xinjiang region, killing 63 of them, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) told Agence France-Presse.
[link to www.forbes.com]
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Vietnam reports new bird flu outbreak

www.chinaview.cn 2005-06-21 11:18:47


HANOI, June 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Vietnam, which has seen no bird flu outbreaks since April, has found that some 6,000 chickens in southern Ben Tre province either infected or killed by bird flu, local newspaper Saigon Liberation reported Tuesday.
[link to news.xinhuanet.com]

Flu kills three children
21/06/2005 16:20:04


Three children have died after catching the flu.

The Ministry of Health is repeating its warning to parents to be vigilant.

The current strain circulating in New Zealand is not one from which the flu shot protects people.

It has not been common in New Zealand since 1987, so young people are particularly at risk
[link to www.newstalkzb.co.nz]
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