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  • Dec 24th, 2007
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There is no threat of further spreading of bird flu virus in Pakistan, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. A WHO team said no new case has surfaced over two weeks. The team has completed its initial investigation about the bird flu in Pakistan.

The team was dispatched to Pakistan on the information of the existence of nine persons infected by bird flu. This is for the first time in Pakistan that the human bird flu case, according to private TV channels.

WHO high official in Geneva, Dr David said that the team after the initial investigation was of the view that there might have been few cases of human-to-human bird flu transmission incidents in Pakistan, but no new case during the previous two weeks came to the fore and, therefore, there was no threat of further spreading of bird flu virus in Pakistan, presently.

He said that the last bird flu case was reported on December 6. The officials got the suspected patients laboratory tested, which were found positive, but the WHO has sent the samples for test in its laboratory for certification.

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