Bird flu-hit town cleaned up
NST, 25 Feb 2006

MUMBAI: VETERINARY workers began cleaning up chicken farms and disinfecting homes in the town of Navapur near here yesterday after culling thousands of chickens hit by bird flu. Health officials said fears of human infections were easing as 11 of 12 people quarantined following the outbreak of the virus in poultry had tested negative for the H5N1 strain.