AR-News: (Asia) BIRD FLU SPREADS AS CHINA SLAMMED FOR PATCHY DISCLOSURE

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

2004-02-06 
Vietnam maps part of virus as poultry sales ban takes effect 
Asia continues to grapple with an outbreak of a bird flu virus that has 
killed at least 18 people, as strong doubts emerge about the reliability of China's 
internal reporting system, RFA's Mandarin and Vietnamese services report. 
The outbreak, which has spread to Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, 
Cambodia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Laos, and China, has now been reported in 
13 Chinese provinces. Official claims that no human infections have yet been 
seen in China have been called into question, however. 



full story:
http://origin.rfaweb.org/front/article.html?service=eng&encoding=10&id=127587

 
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