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Fresh bird flu case in Howrah
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editor on 31 January, 2008 12:45:00
 
HOWRAH: Fresh outbreak of bird flu was reported in the disease-hit Howrah
district on Wednesday.
District Magistrate Khalil Ahmed said samples from Uttar Panchla village under
Panchla block, sent to the high-security Bhopal laboratory, tested positive this
evening and fresh culling operation would be initiated in the area.
The administration has so far culled 1.5 lakh chicks in the district where bird
flu had been reported in two blocks - Sankrail and another area of Panchla block
- in the past three days, he said.
The culling operation in Uttar Panchla village had not earlier commenced as the
area fell beyond the five km radius of other bird-flu affected parts of the
district, the DM said.
At least 40,000 chicks has been culled in Panchla block so far.