Indian children test negative
August 3rd, 2007
The Indian government has completed a wide campaign of testing on thousands of people, as an outbreak of avian influenza sparked worries in the remote northeast. Four boys previously suspected to have been infected have tested negative for the disease however. The joint secretary in the health ministry gave the news to the press on Friday, as thousands of people in Manipur were also checked by health staff after the confirmed H5N1 outbreak in chickens from a small poultry farm in the area.