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India confirms bird flu outbreak is H5N1 strain
26 Jul 2007 04:59:05 GMT
Source: Reuters
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NEW DELHI, July 26 (Reuters) - The Indian government confirmed on Thursday that the latest outbreak of bird flu in poultry in the remote northeast of the country was of the dangerous H5N1 strain.

"It has been confirmed as the H5N1 strain," Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health Vineet Chawdhry told Reuters.

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