No Bird Flu in Humans in India
There is no bird flu in humans in the country with all the human samples, including the one sent to the National Institute of Virology, testing negative for the virus, officials said on Friday.
”The sample which was sent to NIV, Pune, on Thursday is also negative for the bird flu virus,” P K Hota, health secretary said.
Thus, there is no bird flu in humans in the country.
A total of 95 samples were tested in the country.
Source: PTI
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February 26th, 2006 at 7:12 pm
Well, I guess India has dodged that bullet so far. No human infections. How long will this be true? Let us hope India avoids human infections altogether. Otherwise there could be big trouble.