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No curbs on travel: WHO

NEW DELHI, FEB. 21. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it does not recommend any ``special restrictions on travel or trade to or from India'' because of the plague cases reported from Shimla district.

In its weekly Disease Outbreak Alert bulletin, WHO said a total of 16 cases of pneumonic plague, including 4 deaths, had occurred since February 4.

``The series of tests carried out by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirms the presence of Yersinia Pestis (organism that causes plague) in clinical samples,'' it said.

- PTI

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