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Hundreds of dead chickens found on Bali have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Hundreds of dead chickens found on Bali have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
Around 300 birds died of the virus over the past week, said I Gusti Ngurah Sandjaja in Bali's westernmost Jembrana district.
"Fortunately, there are no indications that the virus has spread to humans," he said.
Indonesia has posted 42 human deaths since July 2005 and is tied with Vietnam as the world's hardest- hit country. The World Health Organization has said that limited human-to-human transmission may have occurred in a family on Sumatra island, the location of the world's largest cluster of human infections.
Health authorities were forced to cull large numbers of ducks and chickens on Bali earlier this year after birds became ill.
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Hundreds of dead chickens found on Bali have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Hundreds of dead chickens found on Bali have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
Around 300 birds died of the virus over the past week, said I Gusti Ngurah Sandjaja in Bali's westernmost Jembrana district.
"Fortunately, there are no indications that the virus has spread to humans," he said.
Indonesia has posted 42 human deaths since July 2005 and is tied with Vietnam as the world's hardest- hit country. The World Health Organization has said that limited human-to-human transmission may have occurred in a family on Sumatra island, the location of the world's largest cluster of human infections.
Health authorities were forced to cull large numbers of ducks and chickens on Bali earlier this year after birds became ill.
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