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Fiji has been warned that if the Bird Flu virus hits the country, it could kill 5,000 people. The Fiji Sun reports that the warning has been given by the...

The Secretariat of the Pacific Community, or SPC, says it will spend about three-million US dollars to conduct avian flu tests among poultry and wildlife birds in the region in...

The United States has allocated one million US dollars to conduct the first avian flu tests among migratory birds in the Pacific. There are several bird flu strains, but it...

American Samoa's Governor, Togiola Tulafono, has sent legislation to the Fono that would update the territory's public health laws and properly prepare American Samoa for the possibility of a…

The bird flu virus has now reached Papua, the easternmost part of Indonesia. About 174 chickens are believed to have died of the H5N1 virus while 414 others have been...

Samoa's Agriculture Ministry says tissue samples taken from ten dead chickens found in Maninoa Siumu are being sent to New Zealand for testing. The family, who own the poultry, say...

Samoa's Agriculture Ministry says tissue samples taken from 10 dead chickens found in Maninoa Siumu are being sent to New Zealand authorities for testing. The family which owns the poultry...

Samoa's Health Ministry is testing chickens belonging to a family in Maninoa Siumu after ten chickens died in the space of one week. The family says it tried to alert...

Government fish ponds in Kiribati were closed down temporarily following the mysterious deaths of several ducks on Monday. The Ministry of Fisheries has warned the public to stay away from...

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force fears there will be an increase in the trade of firearms across the border with Indonesia. The chief of staff of the PNGDF, Captain...

The Papua New Guinea chief veterinary officer at the National Agriculture Quarantine Inspection Authority, Dr Ilaga Puana, says bird flu was not discovered in Papua. This comes after the PNG...

The Pago Pago Community Fisheries is looking to turn the by-catch fish products of longliners into a range of fish products for sale at the market. Some of the fish...

An official with the World Health Organisation says Pacific Island countries are making progress in their preparations to combat an outbreak of the bird flu virus, but much still needs...

The director of the French Polynesian environment department, Claude Serra, says the number of dead birds found in Rangiroa atoll doesn't appear to be unusual. The initial results of a...

Samoa's Ministry of Agriculture has banned importation of poultry from South American countries. The Samoalive website says that the ban was imposed following a review of the pattern of high...

The Federated States of Micronesia says it has banned the import of live birds and poultry products from Asian countries hit by bird flu. Health officials are encouraging the public...

The United States Centre for Disease Control, the CDC, has begun preparing its isolated territories, including in the Pacific, for a possible bird flu pandemic. The CDC says it does...

The Australian foreign minister, Alexander Downer, says the region has got to be ready should bird flu spread to Oceania. Mr Downer was speaking on the sidelines of a 21...

Striking doctors in Samoa say they're upset that the government has moved quickly to allocate two million US dollars to prepare against an avian flu pandemic. They say the government...

Fiji has taken strict quarantine measures to prevent the entry of bird flu into the country. Fiji TV reports that the quarantine department has banned the import of all frozen...

Australia says it will give Pacific Island nations 6 million US dollars over four years to help them prepare for a possible avian flu or other pandemic. This was announced...

A regional summit, expected to usher in a new era in the Pacific, begins with a cultural spectacular in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby this evening. The Pacific Plan...

Observers from the Pacific Island Forum have been invited to a summit on bird flu which Australia will host later this month. Disaster management coordinators from 21 countries will meet...