( The blood samples taken from all the su...)Bird Flu Test Results Negative: India,Health

The blood samples taken from all the suspected patients, where the first bird flu case was reported, proved to be negative. The authorities affirmed that out of 95 residents 94 were cleared off the disease. //

The remaining case was being retested and the result would be known Friday, an official statement issued here said.

"There is no human case of avian influenza till now.

"Ninety-five samples have been tested at NICD (National Institute of Communicable Diseases) Delhi and NIV (National Institute of Virology), Pune. Ninety had tested negative up to 21.2.2006. Four more have tested negative. One sample is still under test and the report is awaited," the statement said.

"All patients isolated at Navapur sub-district hospital are normal and clinically clear," it added.

India's first avian flu case was reported Saturday from Navapur in Maharashtra, 300 km from state capital Mumbai. Twelve people were hospitalised after they displayed flu-like symptoms.

"The situation is completely normal at ground zero as people are slowly becoming aware of the disease and the ways they can protect themselves from it," Maharashtra's Director General of Health Services T.P. Doke told IANS over the phone from Navapur.

"Till yesterday (Wednesday), some 500 people used to throng hospitals here every day even with signs of minor cold or cough. Today (Thursday) the number has decreased to 150," said Doke.

Authorities also said they had ended the massive exercise of exterminating hundreds of thousands of birds in a 10-km radius of Navapur to contain the outbreak of the global disease.

The government has started distributing the compensation amount of Rs.40 to poultry farmers in the region. However, poultry farmers say this is too meagre to help them tide over their massive losses.

Local authorities have decided to restrict movement of people and traffic within a three-km radius of Navapur. Th
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