A new H5N1 virus strain has been found in some northern provinces, central regions and the central highlands, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Japan's Fukushima city will hand radiation dosimeters to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres away.
Almost three-quarters of Japanese respondents to a newspaper poll favour a gradual phase-out of nuclear energy
in the wake of the Fukushima atomic accident
.