Eight persons have been admitted to a government hospital at Navapur for suspected bird flu and about 80 blood samples have been sent for testing.

These are the first cases of symptoms of the disease in humans.
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Over 50,000 thousand birds have so far died in Maharashtra due to the disease.
The results are expected to be out in three days.
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