US offers assistance to WB govt to tackle bird-flu
Friday, January 18, 2008 20:43 [IST]
Kolkata: The United States today offered to assist West Bengal government in tackling bird-flu which has broken out in two districts of the state and was spreading.
"We are open to offer support if the government seeks assistance from us for bird-flu. The embassy will consider it," US Consul General in Kolkata, Henry V Jardine said here.
It can be technical and financial, Jardine said after handing over of a grant of Rs 14 lakh to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases in Kolkata.
