Kuwait confirms 12 new bird flu cases
Pastor Dale Morgan
Kuwait confirms 12 new bird flu cases*
27 Feb 2007 10:06:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
KUWAIT, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Kuwait confirmed on Tuesday 12 cases of the
deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in turkeys and chicken on Tuesday, but
said the birds did not belong to poultry farms.
The ministry confirmed on Monday 20 cases in falcons of the same strain
at a zoo and a farm in the south of the country, the first in two years.
In the latest development, a health ministry official confirmed a
newspaper report that three turkeys and nine chicken were infected and
said the ministry was testing people who came in contact with the birds.
The cases were found among "domestic backyard caged birds, not on
poultry producing farms," Ahmed al-Shatti told Reuters.
"About 100 handlers and families of owners of infected birds have been
tested and the results were negative. We are continuing the tests," he said
The Gulf Arab state has banned the import of live birds after the
outbreaks. It reported a case of the deadly bird flu in a flamingo in 2005.