21 February 2006
An 'all clear' was sounded in Bahrain yesterday after a resident, suspected to be suffering from the bird flu, was found to have a sore throat. "The middle-aged man was referred to the Salmaniya Medical Complex
when his fever did not abate in the last one week," said a source. "His family panicked after two of their chickens died a few days ago. He was kept under observation and discharged."
"We are ready if the flu strikes," the head of the communicable diseases section at the Public Health Directorate said.
A spokesman of the Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture said they were not aware of any case of chicken having died in a residential compound. The two pigeons found dead in Hamad Town did not have the bird flu virus, the acting head of the Animal Wealth Directorate, Dr Salman Abdulnabi Ebrahim said. "The pigeons tested negative. It seems they died of the extreme cold weather conditions." He said wild and native birds in Bahrain were in good health. "We have stopped bird trade with India, Iran, Egypt and other countries which are under the observation of the International Organisation for Animal Health.
An 'all clear' was sounded in Bahrain yesterday after a resident, suspected to be suffering from the bird flu, was found to have a sore throat. "The middle-aged man was referred to the Salmaniya Medical Complex
when his fever did not abate in the last one week," said a source. "His family panicked after two of their chickens died a few days ago. He was kept under observation and discharged."
"We are ready if the flu strikes," the head of the communicable diseases section at the Public Health Directorate said.
A spokesman of the Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture said they were not aware of any case of chicken having died in a residential compound. The two pigeons found dead in Hamad Town did not have the bird flu virus, the acting head of the Animal Wealth Directorate, Dr Salman Abdulnabi Ebrahim said. "The pigeons tested negative. It seems they died of the extreme cold weather conditions." He said wild and native birds in Bahrain were in good health. "We have stopped bird trade with India, Iran, Egypt and other countries which are under the observation of the International Organisation for Animal Health.
© Bahrain Tribune 2006
