Kuwait says no bird flu cases detected Wednesday

Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced that no new bird flu cases were detected across the emirate on Wednesday, the official KUNA news agency reported.

Around 500 bird samples as well as 84 human samples taken from people involved in poultry market ha ve been tested negative, Dr. Ahmad al-Shatti, spokesman of the Health Ministry was quoted by KUNA as saying.

Hundreds of suspected bird flu-contaminated birds have been culled by special teams in the past three days, added al-Shatti.

Kuwait had detected 39 bird flu cases till Tuesday, when it reported seven new cases of bird flu-related deaths, KUNA reported.

Kuwait detected respectively on last Sunday and Monday 20 and 12 bird flu cases, which were all found in poultry.

2007-03-01