Where is Bird Flu Active
in 2006

Where is Bird Flu active? It is spreading at alarming rates with the spring migration of wild birds. Domestic birds are at high risk across Indonesia, Asia and now  the Avian H5N1 virus has caused deaths in Europe and Africa.

Jan. 7, 2006
Lab tests confirm two teenagers died of bird flu in Turkey and they were infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, making it the first time that the strain has killed humans outside East Asia, the World Health Organization reports.
 
Jan. 9, 2006
Indonesian authorities report that a 39-year-old man with a history of contact with poultry has died of bird flu, according to preliminary tests.

In China, authorities said local tests showed that a 6-year-old boy in stable condition at a central China hospital has tested positive for the H5N1 strain.

Turkish labs detect H5N1 in five new cases discovered in four provinces in eastern and central Turkey, as well as the Black Sea coast, Turkish officials said.

Jan. 10, 2006
Two more Chinese have died of bird flu, bringing the total number of humans killed by the disease on the mainland to five, the WHO reports.

At least 15 people have been infected with the deadly H5N1 strain in Turkey, according to preliminary tests.

Jan. 12, 2006
Turkey confirms the total number of human bird flu cases has increased to 18. At least two people have died in Turkey, according to the WHO Web site.

Jan. 13, 2006
The World Health Organization confirms an Indonesian woman was killed by the virus.

Jan. 16, 2006
Preliminary tests have confirmed that a 12-year-old Turkish girl who died was infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, raising Turkey's death toll to four, health officials said.

Jan. 18, 2006
International donors pledge $1.9 billion to combat the spread of bird flu at the end of a conference in Beijing.

Jan. 19, 2006
WHO confirms a sixth death from bird flu in China.

Jan. 25, 2006
WHO confirms another death from bird flu in China.

Jan. 30, 2006
Iraqi and U.N. health officials say a 15-year-old girl who died this month was a victim of the deadly H5N1 strain, the first confirmed case of the disease in the Middle East.

WHO confirms total of four deaths from bird flu in Turkey.

Feb. 2, 2006
WHO confirms death from bird flu in Iraq, taking the overall toll to 86.

Feb. 6, 2006
WHO confirms two deaths from bird flu in Indonesia, taking the overall toll to 88. These comprise the four in Turkey, 16 in Indonesia, seven in China, four in Cambodia, 14 in Thailand, 42 in Vietnam and 1 in Iraq.

Feb. 8, 2006
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) says an outbreak of bird flu among poultry in northern Nigeria is a highly pathogenic form of the H5N1 virus. H5N1 had not previously been detected in Africa, though other bird flu strains have.

Feb. 9, 2006
The deadly strain is detected in Azerbaijan, while health authorities in China and Indonesia each report a woman killed by a deadly strain of bird flu.

Feb. 11, 2006
The European Union confirms its first cases of the H5N1 strain, found in wild swans in Greece, Italy and Bulgaria.

Feb. 13, 2006
WHO confirms two deaths from bird flu in Indonesia and one in China, taking the overall toll to 91.

Feb. 14, 2006
Iran and Austria report cases of the deadly H5N1 strain in birds.

Feb. 15, 2006
Germany confirms two dead swans found on the Baltic island of Ruegen were infected with H5N1.

Feb. 16, 2006
Tests confirm a swan found in Slovenia near the Austrian border had died of H5N1.

Feb. 17, 2006
Egypt finds its first cases of H5N1 in seven chickens.

Feb. 18, 2006
India announces its first cases of H5N1, finding the virus in poultry in a western state. France also confirms its first case, saying a dead wild duck had the virus.

Feb. 20, 2006
Bosnia confirms its first cases of bird flu. The WHO confirms a death from bird flu in Indonesia, taking the overall toll to 92. These comprise the four in Turkey, 19 in Indonesia, eight in China, four in Cambodia, 14 in Thailand, 42 in Vietnam and one in Iraq.

Feb. 21, 2006
Virus confirmed in Hungary and Croatia, as EU officials consider vaccinating millions of birds in France.

Feb. 26, 2006
EU officials confirm the deadly H5N1 virus in a farm of more than 11,000 turkeys in southeastern France. Japan, Hong Kong suspend imports of French poultry. China reports that two more people have contracted the virus; Indonesia records its 20th human death. India says two poultry farms in western Gujarat state have been contaminated in the nation's second known outbreak.

Feb. 27, 2006
The virus is confirmed in domestic ducks in Niger, the third country in Africa to be affected by the disease. H5N1 is believed to have spread unchecked in Niger's southern neighbor Nigeria before being identified in February.

Feb. 28, 2006
The H5N1 strain is confirmed in a cat in northern Germany, the first time the virus has been identified in a mammal in the 25 nations of the European Union.

March 8, 2006
A nine-year-old girl in China becomes the country's 10th bird flu victim as the United Nations stepped up efforts to battle the rapidly spreading virus.

March 10, 2006
Russia starts mass vaccination of domestic fowl in the south of the country.

March 15, 2006
The human death toll reaches 100 when three young women in Azerbaijan die from suspected bird flu.

March 16, 2006
Dutch authorities to launch vaccination campaign of The Netherlands' 1-3 million backyard poultry and about 5 million free-range poultry. Afghanistan, Myanmar and Denmark confirm their first cases of H5N1 in birds.

March 17, 2006
Israel confirms its first cases of H5N1 in birds.

March 21, 2006
Pakistan becomes the latest country to confirm bird flu, with H5N1 reported in two poultry flocks at farms in the North West Frontier Province.

March 24, 2006
Jordan confirms H5N1 after at least three dead turkeys at a domestic farm in Ajloun test positive for the disease.

April 4, 2006
Burkina Faso detects H5N1 in poultry near its capital Ouagadougou, making it the fifth African nation to report the disease after Nigeria, Niger, Egypt and Cameroon.

April 6, 2006
WHO confirms the death of a boy in Cambodia from bird flu. Britain confirms the H5N1 virus in a Mute swan in Scotland.

April 11, 2006
WHO confirms the case of a girl in Azerbaijan with bird flu.

April 12, 2006
Indonesia reports another case of bird flu, this time in a poultry worker in West Java.

April 13, 2006
Egypt reports a case of avian influenza in an 18-year-old girl in the northern region of Minufiya.

April 19, 2006
WHO confirms the death of a man from bird flu in Tangerang, Indonesia.

April 21, 2006
A fourth person is confirmed dead from bird flu in Egypt. China reports the death of a man from the virus in Wuhan City, Hubei Province.

April 27, 2006
An 8-year-old girl in China's Sichuan province is confirmed to have bird flu.

May 4, 2006
Egypt announces its 13th case of human H5N1 infection, this time in a 27-year-old woman from Cairo who later died.

May 8, 2006
Indonesia reports a fatal case of bird flu in a 30-year-old man from Greater Jakarta.

May 12, 2006
The nation of Djibouti confirms its first case of human H5N1 infection. The patient is a 2-year-old girl from a small rural village in Arta district.
 

Sources: CDC; WHO

 

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