Quarantine
Ukraine: Swine Flu mania in Kyiv
November 03, 2009By Irene Chalupa Upon landing at Kyiv’s Boryspil airport on Sunday afternoon, I was met by Ukrainian passport-control personnel in surgical masks. I suddenly noticed that a number of people on line were also wearing masks of various sizes...
Asia Activates Pandemic Plans After WHO Alert
April 30, 2009By Heda Bayron Health authorities in Asia have swiftly responded to the World Health Organization's warning of an "imminent pandemic" of swine flu. Authorities have activated pandemic plans, tightened surveillance at borders and stockpiled...
Second Canadian farm quarantined
October 01, 2007Canadian inspectors have placed a second chicken farm in Saskatchewan under quarantine because of an avian flu outbreak nearby. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency acted Friday at the small farm located less than two miles from Pedigree Poultry, a...