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By Region: South Asia

Bird flu on the rise as cold weather lingers in Vietnam

(The Hindu) At least four provinces across the country have reported re-occurrences of the H5N1 virus this year. About 4000 birds have been destroyed, including 1700 infected ones. Many birds were transported across the country for the lunar New Year holiday …

February 7, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, South Asia, Agriculture, and Public Health
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Pakistani Lab Could Take Another Look at Anthrax Package

(Global Security Newswire) Pakistani authorities want another examination of a package mailed to the nation’s prime minister that initial laboratory analysis said contained anthrax. That finding appears in doubt, the Islamabad Dateline newspaper reported on Friday. A parcel purportedly containing anthrax spores was earlier reported to have been sent to Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Read More »

February 7, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Agents & Toxins, and Bioterrorism
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Indian Crisis Teams to Receive WMD Response Training

(Global Security Newswire) Crisis management teams throughout India are to receive training in handling a disaster involving chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear materials, the Times of India reported on Monday. National Disaster Management Authority Vice President M. Shashidhar Reddy said a training facility is to be set up in Nagpur and property has also been Read More »

February 7, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Nepal in mass poultry cull after bird flu found

(AFP) KATHMANDU — Health workers in Nepal are to cull thousands of chickens following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the southeastern part of the Himalayan country, officials said Sunday. “We sent samples for investigation to London after …

February 6, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Agriculture, and Public Health
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India to Open High-Security Disease Research Lab

(Global Security Newswire) India intends in a matter of months to begin operations at a high-security laboratory that would work with anthrax bacteria, the Ebola virus and other lethal disease agents that could be used in acts of biological terrorism, the Indian Express reported on Thursday. The country’s first Biosafety Level 4 facility is located Read More »