EUROPEAN UNION officials helping investigate an outbreak of bird flu in a western Turkish village said yesterday there was no indication the virus here, which has killed some 1,800 fowl, posed a risk to humans.

TURKISH officials carried out medical tests on nine people living in a neighbourhood where 40 pigeons reportedly died, but released the nine from medical observation yesterday after determining it was unlikely they had bird flu.

Turkish officials carried out medical tests on nine people living in a neighbourhood where 40 pigeons reportedly died, but released the nine from medical observation today after determining it was unlikely they had bird flu.