Washington, Jan 14 : Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh have produced genetically modified (transgenic) chickens that do not transmit avian influenza virus to other chickens with which they are in contact.

Hanoi  - A Vietnamese man has tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus, the third confirmed case of bird flu in Vietnam this year, hospital sources said Monday.

Washington, Feb 11 : On comparing the recent avian strain with genetic ressortants of the post World War I virus, researchers found that H5N1 could lead to an avian flu pandemic just like the Spanish flu that spread in 1918.

The study was conducted by Carole Baskin, formerly assistant research professor at Arizona''s Biodesign Institute, currently with Science Foundation Arizona, and an interdisciplinary team of collaborators.

Kathmandu  - An outbreak of bird flu in eastern Nepal has been brought under control, official news reports said Tuesday.

Nepal's official Rastriya Samachar Samiti news agency quoted two different ministries as saying the outbreak seen in chickens in the border town of Kakarbhitta in Jhapa district, about 500 kilometres east of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, was now under control.

Hanoi  - An outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus has spread to four provinces in southern Vietnam and one in the centre of the country, a government official said Monday.

Hoang Van Nam, deputy head of Vietnam's Animal Health Department, said thousands of fowl had been infected in the Mekong Delta provinces of Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Soc Trang and Hau Giang.

Hong Kong  - A nature reserve popular with schoolchildren near Hong Kong's border with China was shut down Friday after a dead bird found there tested positive for the H5N1 avian-flu virus.

The decision to close the Mai Po reserve came after the discovery of more than 20 dead ducks, chickens and wild birds believed to have been washed ashore from neighbouring mainland China.

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Coochbehar (WB), Feb 4: Culling operations are continuing in two bird flu affected villages in West Bengal''s Coochbehar district.

Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has notified avian influenza outbreak in two villages -- Uttar Dankoba and Nagar Bhagni -- on January 30.

Hanoi  - An outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus on a farm in Vietnam's Mekong Delta has spread to five neighboring hamlets because farmers and local officials waited two weeks before culling infected birds, a senior government official said Wednesday.

Hong Kong  - Nine more dead birds have been found on beaches in Hong Kong, officials said Wednesday, as fears grew of a major unreported avian-flu outbreak in mainland China.

The dead ducks, chickens and birds found on Hong Kong's Lantau island Tuesday brought to 21 the number of birds found in the past six days. Most if not all are believed to have washed up from China.