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Strong Indications Of Bird Flu Virus In Manipur
A rapid response team from the Union Health Ministry held an emergency meeting in Imphal the state capital Tuesday night with the Manipur Chief Secretary and senior officials of the state health, veterinary and police departments on the future course of action.
The state government has received the report of test results from High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal where samples were sent from the 132 chicken that died at a farm in Manipur early this month.
When contacted, the laboratorys Joint Director S C Dubey confirmed that he had sent the report to the federal Agriculture Ministry, but he refused to confirm or deny that bird flu was detected in the samples.
Health Ministry officials in the national capital of New Delhi said they were awaiting further tests before any formal announcement.
They, however, felt the outbreak could be of a freak nature as other chicken in the farm were not found infected.
But the Government isnt taking any chances given reports of the H5N1 bird flu virus in neighbouring Myanmar and Bangladesh.
The Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) Hospital in Imphal has already set up a special cell to handle any emergency. Two Central officials, A B Negi, joint commissioner in the Agriculture Ministry and an official from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, have been camping in Imphal since July 15.
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