As Indonesia confirms its 57th human death from the virus, a South Korean quarantine official said that a new outbreak of bird flu was caused by a "highly pathogenic" type of the virulent H5N1 virus. A health official in a protective suit sprays disinfectant on his colleague after visiting a farm where the bird flu virus was found in Iksan, south of Seoul, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006 -- the country's first outbreak in 3 years.
Sept. 25, 2006
A rooster perches on a cage at a market in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 25, 2006. A 9-year-old boy died from bird flu hours after he was admitted to a hospital in the Indonesian capital, becoming the 51st confirmed fatality in the world's hardest-hit nation.
Aug. 30, 2006
A worker tends to live chickens in a traditional market, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006, in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan's Executive Yuan is planning to prohibit live poultry trade and slaughtering traditional in markets on the island by 2008 to prevent possible avian flu outbreaks. Once the policy is implemented, Taiwan will become the second Asian country to have carried out such a policy, following Singapore.
Aug. 23, 2006
Government workers, wearing chicken outfits, carry banners saying that eating boiled chicken is safe, despite a recent upsurge in bird flu cases in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006.
Aug. 18, 2006
An Indonesian man plays with pigeons in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 18, 2006. An Indonesian woman died of suspected bird flu in a village that has been hard hit by the disease, a hospital official said Friday, as health workers investigated a new possible cluster of the H5N1 virus.
Aug. 16, 2006
Under Indonesia's national emblem, a mythical golden eagle called "Garuda Pancasila," Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, bottom center, delivers his state address marking the 61st anniversary of the country's independence the Parliament in Jakarta, Aug. 16, 2006. Yudhoyono vowed to boost funding to fight bird flu, saying the countryneeded to improve surveillance and stock up on anti-viral medicine.
Aug. 16, 2006
Actor and martial arts expert Jackie Chan warns children about the dangers of bird flu in a public service airing worldwide on Aug. 16, 2006. The one-minute spot shows Chan, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, talking to six children from different ethnic backgrounds and aged between 6 and 9. While children are playing with some colorful origami birds in the ad, Chan alerts them that birds can pass on avian influenza to people.
Aug. 11, 2006
Chickens are displayed for sale at a market in Phnom Penh, Aug. 13, 2006. Cambodia has said it has identified a fresh outbreak of bird flu after a four-month lull, following the discovery of the H5N1 virus in poultry. The virus was detected Aug. 11 in two ducks in Prey Veng province, 56 miles east of the Cambodian capital, said an official from the agriculture ministry.
Aug. 11, 2006
Two girls walks on a makeshift bridge over a canal where ducks were raised despite a government ban in Ha Tay province, Vietnam on Friday Aug. 11, 2006. Vietnam on Friday announced that they found bird flu virus in its poultry -- two ducks and two geese -- for the first time in eight months.
Aug. 8, 2006
A chicken stands on a cage at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia. Health officials say local tests confirm a second teenager died in as many days from H5N1 bird flu. Okky Jelina, 16, died at the regional Sari Asih hospital in Tangerang, west of Jakarta. If confirmed by WHO labs, Indonesia's human toll rises to 44.
Aug. 8, 2006
Relatives sprinkle flowers at the grave of a 16-year-old boy who, according to local tests, died of bird flu, after a burial in Cikarang, West Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. If confirmed, Megi Saputra's death on Aug. 7, would bring the country's tally to 43, the highest in the world.
Aug. 8, 2006
A poultry vendor sells chickens at a market in southwest China's Guizhou province, Nov. 6, 2005. On Aug. 8, 2006, China confirmed that a man died of bird flu in 2003, two years before the country reported its first human case of the disease. The soldier, 24, became ill in Nov. 2003, and the Health Ministry said in a statement on its Web site that it has "confirmed the case of H5N1".
Aug. 5, 2006
A chicken looks out through a hole between bamboo sticks before being caught and culled at a hen farm in Nakhon Phanom province, northeastern Thailand. Thailand's Health Ministry confirmed Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, that a 27-year-old man has died of bird flu, becoming the second person this year to be killed by the disease in the country.
Aug. 3, 2006
Elvi, 10, lies on a hospital bed as Moses, 18 months, back left, and Dedek, 6, back right, sit with their relatives at a hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Aug. 2, 2006. The children were part of seven from the same village in the province who were being treated for bird flu symptoms in what doctors and officials feared could be two new clusters of the virus. On Aug. 3, tests for six people came back negative.
Aug. 2, 2006
Indonesian poultry vendors chat as they wait for customers at a market on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Hundreds of dead chickens found on the Bali island resort have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian flu, an animal health official said on Tuesday.
Aug. 1, 2006
Livestock officials search and disinfectant a car passing through Nakhon Phanom province, northeastern Thailand Aug. 1, 2006. Thailand's health minister told officials to work "24 hours a day" to fight bird flu, as they scrambled to cope with an unexpected resurgence of the deadly virus with two new outbreaks in two weeks among poultry. On July 24, a teenage boy became the country's first human fatality of 2006.
July 26, 2006
A child plays with pigeons at the park in Bangkok, Thailand July 26, 2006. Thailand reported that a 17-year-old boy had died of bird flu, making him the country's first fatality from the virus in over seven months and the 15th overall.
July 20, 2006
A worker loads chickens onto a motorbike at a farm in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 20, 2006. Indonesia recorded its 42nd human bird flu death on Thursday, bringing the sprawling nation level with neighboring Vietnam as the worst hit by the virus, a senior health ministry official said Thursday.
July 17, 2006
An Indonesian man prepares chickens for sale at a chicken market Monday, July 17, 2006, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Culling poultry stocks in areas infected with bird flu is easier said than done, a top Indonesian Health Ministry official said Monday, as the sprawling nation moved closer to becoming the world's hardest hit by the virus.
May 30, 2006
Suryoto prays over the grave of his 10-year-old son who died May 30, 2006, at a cemetery on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, June 2, 2006. His 8-year-old daughter died on June 1 after apparently coming into contact with sick poultry. WHO has yet to confirm the most recent death, which would bring the country's official death toll from the H5N1 virus to 37.