A third worker who helped the operation to clear up after the bird flu outbreak at Bernard Matthews' factory at Holton, near Halesworth, has tested negative for the disease, the Health Protection Agency has announced.

A third worker who helped the operation to clear up after the bird flu outbreak at Bernard Matthews' factory at Holton, near Halesworth, has tested negative for the disease, the Health Protection Agency has announced.

He had been admitted to hospital suffering from a mild respiratory infection, but this was not related to the outbreak at the poultry plant.