Five people have been quarantined with symptoms of bird flu in India, in what could turn out to be the country’s first human cases of the disease. The eastern state of West Bengal is currently undergoing its third outbreak of bird flu since 2006, and more than 100,000 birds have already died from the disease. In an attempt to contain the outbreak, the government has ordered two million ducks and chickens killed. According to the animal resources minister for West Bengal, Anisur Rahaman, the state is “determined to cull all poultry in the districts in three or four days, otherwise the state will face a disaster.” Five people experiencing clinical symptoms of bird flu, including cough, fever, muscle ache and sore throat, have been quarantined and are undergoing tests. Health officials are also analyzing blood samples from another 150 people who reported fever symptoms. More
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