No bird flu found in latest screening

All 200 people who were in close contact with a woman who died of bird flu in Beijing early this month were safely discharged from medical observation, the Beijing municipal health bureau said yesterday.

No new suspected cases of bird flu had also been reported as of noon yesterday, following inspections on at least 358,820 people over the weekend, the bureau said on its website.

The Beijing municipal health authorities started monitoring migrant workers and other high-risk groups involved in poultry farming, slaughtering and sales, after they confirmed that a 19-year-old woman was infected with bird flu and died in the capital on Jan 5.