Friday, August 3, 2007

India says outbreak contained after 300,000 birds culled

The outbreak is said to be contained, but there are concerns over several ill children.

"However, state authorities were monitoring the health of four children with fever who had handled dead or sick fowl, and have sent their blood and throat swab samples for testing.
The flare-up of the H5N1 virus in chickens in a small poultry farm near Manipur's capital, Imphal, was the country's first in a year, prompting authorities to kill all poultry and destroy eggs within a 5-km (3-mile) radius. "

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL261694.htm

Update! Thankfully, The children tested negative.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/4_Indian_children_test_negative_for_bird_flu/articleshow/2253961.cms

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