BENGALURU
Avian flu scare hits city
STAFF REPORTER JANUARY 02, 2018 21:35 IST
UPDATED: JANUARY 02, 2018 22:20 IST
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Fears of an outbreak of avian flu gripped the city on Tuesday with at least one confirmed case of a chicken infected with the H5N1 virus reported at Dasarahalli near Yelahanka in north Bengaluru. This comes after a gap of more than five years with bird flu last reported in the city in October 2012.
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A few days ago, a retail outlet in Dasarahalli reported the death of all its chicken. Officials immediately collected samples and sent them to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, of which only one bird tested positive for the H5N1 virus. ?The reports arrived on Tuesday afternoon, following which measures to contain the virus were put in place,? said Sarfaraz Khan, Joint Commissioner, Health, BBMP.
Sources said that the retail outlet which reported the deaths had sourced the chicken from Tamil Nadu.
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Avian flu scare hits city
STAFF REPORTER JANUARY 02, 2018 21:35 IST
UPDATED: JANUARY 02, 2018 22:20 IST
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Fears of an outbreak of avian flu gripped the city on Tuesday with at least one confirmed case of a chicken infected with the H5N1 virus reported at Dasarahalli near Yelahanka in north Bengaluru. This comes after a gap of more than five years with bird flu last reported in the city in October 2012.
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A few days ago, a retail outlet in Dasarahalli reported the death of all its chicken. Officials immediately collected samples and sent them to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, of which only one bird tested positive for the H5N1 virus. ?The reports arrived on Tuesday afternoon, following which measures to contain the virus were put in place,? said Sarfaraz Khan, Joint Commissioner, Health, BBMP.
Sources said that the retail outlet which reported the deaths had sourced the chicken from Tamil Nadu.
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