Health authorities in South Korea have placed under quarantine a soldier who developed high fever while culling chickens and ducks to contain an outbreak of bird flu in the country.

The Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention found the 22-year-old corporal to be infected with an H5 strain of the deadly avian influenza virus on Sunday, when he suffered high fever, a symptom of bird flu, according to the JoongAng Daily. He will remain under quarantine until further laboratory tests confirm whether or not the virus is the deadly H5N1 strain

Authorities have decided to cull thousands of chickens and imposed restrictions on import of poultry after confirming a fresh outbreak of bird flu in the country's northeastern Tripura state.

Samples of dead poultry from villages in Mohanpur under West Tripura district sent to the High Security Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Bhopal last week tested positive, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported quoting sources

The World Health Organization reported on Thursday that Egypt has discovered the 50th human case of the deadly bird flu virus. According to the WHO, a two-year-old boy was hospitalized earlier in the week with symptoms similar to the H5N1 virus.

Two laboratories confirmed it was avian flu. The official news agency MENA said the boy was in stable condition, but did not elaborate

Egypt reported the 22nd human fatality from the deadly bird flu virus that has returned to Egypt after a six-month absence ended last December. The disease has spread from East Asia and Egypt has been especially hard hit due to hits location.

Migrating birds cross Egypt because of the North African's proximity to the converging points of Europe, Asia and Africa

A case of human to human transmission of the virus H5N1 has been confirmed by China health officials.

Researchers said that a 52 year old father was infected by his 24 year old son with the virus. The father survived but the son died