600 students quarantined - Malaysia

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Kuala Lumpur - Health officials in Malaysia's northern Perak state have quarantined 600 pupils after 25 came down with fever following the deaths of 90 chickens in a compound at their school, a report said on Sunday.

The Mingguan Malaysia, a Malay language daily, said health authorities had issued the quarantine order immediately due to fears over the spread of bird flu.

However, Hawari Hussein, director-general of the veterinary services department, told AFP that the blood and other samples taken from the dead birds had proved negative for avian influenza.

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