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Malaysia says no human bird flu infections so far
09 Jun 2007 10:00:43 GMT
Source: Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Reuters) - Malaysia has found no human cases of bird flu so far, with 10 of 11 people taken to hospital with symptoms having tested negative, a Health Ministry official said on Saturday.

Results from a blood sample of the 11th person would be known later on Saturday, said Ramlee Rahmat, Deputy Director-General of Public Health.

Of the 11 who had shown symptoms, seven were in the central state of Selangor, two in the northern state of Kedah and two in the central state of Malacca, the official Bernama news agency quoted the official as saying.

Malaysia detected the H5N1 bird flu virus in chickens in a village in Selangor on Wednesday, the first time avian influenza had been found in the country since March 21 last year.

The authorities have been culling chickens within a one-kilometre radius of the outbreak as a protective measure.


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