Both the patients were members of a team engaged in culling at Budge Budge in the district.

Tarak Nath Haldar was admitted to M S Bangur hospital while Mohd Azizul Rahman was admitted to Budge Budge Rural Hospital on Sunday, Chief Medical Officer Health, Sachidananda Sarkar said in Monday.

While blood samples of Haldar had been given for testing, a team from Bangur hospital would go to Budge Budge for taking blood samples of Rahman, he said.

He said Haldar was suffering from fever, headache and body ache. Doctors were monitoring his condition to ascertain whether he had developed any respiratory problem as the fever could take a turn towards pneumonia, Sarkar said.

He said as of now there were no reports of human deaths from bird flu in the country.

Meanwhile, 12 more culling teams were sent to Canning II block where fresh culling had been taken up yesterday with ten teams already operating in the area, official sources said.