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> World news
> Bird flu found in northern Laos
> 9th September 2008, 15:54 WST
>
> Authorities in Laos detected a fresh outbreak of bird flu in the north
> of the country last week and slaughtered all poultry affected, a
> government spokesman says.
>
> The government did not say how many birds were infected with the
> deadly virus, which was detected in a village about 150km north of the
> ancient royal capital Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
>
> "We have killed all of the poultry within a kilometre radius - about
> 7,000 of them," and a quarantine zone has been set up on the area's
> perimeter, foreign ministry spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy told AFP.
>
> No human infections were suspected, he said.
>
> Two people have died of bird flu in communist-ruled Laos since 2003,
> when the virus resurfaced in Southeast Asia, according to World Health
> Organisation (WHO) statistics. Both deaths were reported last year.
>
> The WHO says 243 people have died from bird flu worldwide. The H5N1
> avian influenza virus mainly kills birds but scientists fear it could
> mutate to easily jump from human to human, sparking a global pandemic.
>
> HOW SAFE IS IT TO COMSUME CHICKEN'S MEAT IN LAOS?
>
> In the US, I eat less beef because of the mad-cow disease.
>
> WHY DOES THIS THING ALWAYS HAPPEN IN OUR MOTHER LAND?  HOW MUCH WIIL
> THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SUFFER ESPECIALLY THE CHICKEN FARMS?