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So far, according to government officials, none have tested positive for the H5N1 virus. But 26 cullers remain ill and in isolation, and more tests are pending.
This from Reuters.
West Bengal isolates 26 people on bird flu fears
Fri Feb 1, 2008 3:46pm IST
KOLKATA, India(Reuters) - India put 26 people in isolation after they fell sick while culling poultry in a state affected by bird flu, while medical staff were monitoring hundreds of others, officials said on Friday.
Those quarantined in West Bengal complained of fever and respiratory distress over the past few days, but health staff said it was unlikely they had bird flu.
India has not reported any human infection of the H5N1 bird flu virus in its four outbreaks of avian influenza since 2006.
"The preliminary tests for bird flu are negative, but more tests are being conducted and the list of sick people reviewed every day," R.S. Shukla, a senior health official, told Reuters.
