Vietnam administers Bird flu vaccination to all birds
Vietnam has told the press that it has completed the vaccination for all the poultry across the nation. It has reported that 242 million // poultry were vaccinated across Vietnam. According to the department of Animal Health, which comes under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Some of the birds were given a single dose of vaccination whereas others received...Hospital Administers Animal Vaccine on Patients
The government-run Hamidia Hospital here used an animal vaccine supplied to it "by mistake" on human patients, leading to the suspension of a doctor //and storekeeper, authorities said Wednesday. The government has also blacklisted the Indore-based Nandini Laboratory Pvt Ltd, which provided the vaccine to the hospital. "It was just by chance that doctors at the hospital f...West African Ministers Formulate Plan To Combat Bird Flu
West African ministers have formulated a plan to combat the spread of avian influenza through that part of the continent. //The plan was agreed to during the one-day meeting of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) of ministers in charge of agriculture, health, livestock, environment and integration. .A statement issued at the end of the meeting said that the ministers "ex...Irish Ministers Deny Any Rift Between Themselves
The Irish Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has today insisted that he and his colleague the Minister //for Health Tánaiste Mary Harney were completely united within the Progressive Democrats Party and in Government. This announcement had come in light of alleged reports that relationship between the two Cabinet members McDowell tried to challenge Ms Harney’s position as the leade...Southern States Health Ministers To Discuss Ways To Stop Chikungunya
Health Ministers of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra are to meet in Bangalore next month to discuss ways to stop the rapid spread of Chikungunya.// The disease has ravaged the four states and has infected lakhs of people in the biggest occurrence after it came to India through Kolkata in 1954-55. Andhra Pradesh Health Minister K. Rosaiah said Madhya Pradesh is als...