India confirms bird flu outbreak is H5N1 strain

[jpak]

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSDEL33094120070726

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government confirmed on Thursday that the latest outbreak of bird flu in poultry in the remote northeast of the country was of the dangerous H5N1 strain.

"It has been confirmed as the H5N1 strain," Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health Vineet Chawdhry told Reuters.

Hundreds of health workers will fan out in Manipur state to check on the health of some 450,000 people in and around the affected poultry farm in the village of Chingmeirong on the outskirts of Imphal, the state capital.

None of the people in the poultry unit or veterinary workers dealing with the outbreak are showing flu symptoms, but they have been put on the anti-flu drug Tamiflu just in case, Chawdhry said.

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[MidwestTransplant]

1. How does this spread to remote areas like this? Migrating infected birds bring it?

[Mojorabbit]

2. Egypt is having more cases in humans

lately and have said they don't have the money to compensate people for their chickens. I worry about India though.