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Press Trust Of IndiaKolkata, January 26, 2008
First Published: 18:49 IST(26/1/2008)
Last Updated: 20:49 IST(26/1/2008)

Teams formed to insulate Kolkata from bird flu


In a bid to keep the city insulated from bird flu knocking at its doorstep, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has formed eight teams to monitor the situation in Kolkata even as the culling operations were hampered due to unseasonal rains in the 11 affected districts including Murshidabad where the disease spread to two more blocks on Saturday.

"The KMC has formed eight teams to maintain a strict vigil to keep the metropolis insulated from bird flu which has already reached adjoining Howrah and Hooghly district," Animal Resources Development (ARD) secretary Dilip Chakraborty said.

The teams were moving in different parts of the city to monitor the situation, he said. The rains, however, raised hopes that the virus would not spread to other areas.


"The culling operation is affected in some places due to rains. But scientists say that the rains also prevent spread of the virus," ARD minister Anisur Rehman told PTI from Murshidabad.


Stating that nearly 13.50 lakh birds had been culled in the state so far, he said, adding another eight lakh remained to be culled and the work was expected to be completed within the next two days.


Culling teams in the neighbouring Howrah district, where samples from the Sankrail block tested positive for bird flu on Friday, could not start work due to heavy rains in the morning on Saturday.


Murshidabad District Magistrate Subir Bhadra said the samples sent from Kandi and Beldanga (II) blocks to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory at Bhopal tested positive today.



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Bird flu rages, 11 districts hit
Statesman News Service
KOLKATA, Jan. 25: The highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of virus is just 10 km from here. The samples sent for confirmation of avian influenza from Sankrail block in Howrah and Santuri block in Purulia have been confirmed at the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal, today. Eleven districts of the state are now afflicted by bird flu.
Death reports of four crows and an owl have forced the city?s civic authorities to sit up. Health officials of Kolkata Municipal Corporation said the samples have been sent for avian flu confirmation tests. After the virus reached Howrah, the state government today banned the sale of ?backyard chicken? in the state. Animal resources development secretary Mr Dilip Chakraborty said: ?Sale of backyard poultry has been banned as it is suspected that the virus is spreading to new areas because of transportation of sick birds. Vigil on different highways have been strengthened.? Today?s confirmation revealed that the virus has spread to two new districts and three new blocks of Birbhum and Murshidabad.
According to the letter sent to the state government by the Union animal husbandry, dairies and fisheries department, with Howrah and Purulia, samples from three new blocks, Mayureswar-II and Khoirasol in Birbhum and Kandi in Murshidabad tested positive today.
Mr Chakraborty said the culling operation is under way in the affected areas. Culling started in Hooghly and Cooch Behar today, though the untimely rain has created problems in some places. Till now, 10.11 lakh chickens have been culled and 900 teams were carrying out the culling. A veterinarian is monitoring five rapid response teams.
Experts, who reached the state from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Assam have been sent to Murshidabad, Nadia and Birbhum.
The state has allotted Rs 3.5 crore as aid for the affected poultry farmers and the Centre has sanctioned Rs 2 crore. The Manipur government has banned entry of poultry products.

Threat to Kolkata
As the H5N1 virus catches up with Howrah, Kolkata is close to coming under the bird flu threat. ARD secretary Mr Dilip Chakraborty today admitted that Kolkata is reeling under the threat after samples from Sankrail in Howrah tested positive. Chicken deaths have also been reported from neighbouring districts of North and South 24-Parganas.




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Press Trust Of IndiaKolkata, January 26, 2008
First Published: 18:49 IST(26/1/2008)
Last Updated: 20:49 IST(26/1/2008)

Teams formed to insulate Kolkata from bird flu


In a bid to keep the city insulated from bird flu knocking at its doorstep, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has formed eight teams to monitor the situation in Kolkata even as the culling operations were hampered due to unseasonal rains in the 11 affected districts including Murshidabad where the disease spread to two more blocks on Saturday. "The KMC has formed eight teams to maintain a strict vigil to keep the metropolis insulated from bird flu which has already reached adjoining Howrah and Hooghly district," Animal Resources Development (ARD) secretary Dilip Chakraborty said.

The teams were moving in different parts of the city to monitor the situation, he said. The rains, however, raised hopes that the virus would not spread to other areas.
"The culling operation is affected in some places due to rains. But scientists say that the rains also prevent spread of the virus," ARD minister Anisur Rehman told PTI from Murshidabad.
Stating that nearly 13.50 lakh birds had been culled in the state so far, he said, adding another eight lakh remained to be culled and the work was expected to be completed within the next two days.
Culling teams in the neighbouring Howrah district, where samples from the Sankrail block tested positive for bird flu on Friday, could not start work due to heavy rains in the morning on Saturday.
Murshidabad District Magistrate Subir Bhadra said the samples sent from Kandi and Beldanga (II) blocks to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory at Bhopal tested positive today.



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UNDIAGNOSED DEATHS, CAPRINE - INDIA (02): (WEST BENGAL), REQUEST FOR
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Re: ProMED-mail Undiagnosed deaths, caprine - India: (West Bengal),
RFI 20080125.0316
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The moderator's comments are exactly right. Sadly, once again
uninformed speculation takes the place of a sound etiological and
epidemiological investigation, which should be the routine response
to such an incident.

Not only is there no evidence that the currently circulating H5N1
highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) can affect mammals
other than various members of the cat, dog, and mustelid [weasel]
families and, in exceptional circumstances, humans, but the statement
"Pigs are proven carriers ........." is incorrect. Although swine
have been infected with, and are thought to play an epidemiologically
significant role in influenza A virus evolution in general, there is
no convincing evidence that swine have been either infected or
affected by the H5N1 HPAI strain, which is the cause of concern here.

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[Our request for information on the etiology of the goat mortalities
in Birbhum (West Bengal) is herewith repeated. - Mod.AS]

[see also:
Undiagnosed deaths, caprine - India: (West Bengal), RFI 20080125.0316]
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Suspect H5N1 Case in Balurghat South Dinajpur India

Recombinomics Commentary 14:21
January 26, 2008

Amid the bird flu scare in West Bengal, the state health department has kept a youth under observation in Balurghat, South Dinajpur, who has developed symptoms of avian flu after handling sick birds recently. The youth?s clinical samples have been sent to the National Institute of Communicable Disease, New Delhi and National Institute of Virology, Pune for confirmation tests.

This is significant because South Dinajpur is one of the two districts where bird flu cases were confirmed in the state, with Birbhum on 15 January.

This is the first case in the state when the health authorities sent a clinical sample of a human, suspecting he could have fallen victim to the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of virus. So far, no human case of avian flu has been reported in India. Health officials said the 30-year-old youth was admitted to Balurghat Hospital with high fever and respiratory distress. As the youth hails from the area where the presence of H5N1 virus was confirmed, health officials put him under observation.

The above comments describe another suspect H5N1 case. The patient handled infected birds and has symptoms. However, India?s track record of detecting H5N1 in patients raises questions about these tests.

Prior to the H5N1 outbreaks in 2006, India had never reported H5N1. However, serum samples collected in 2002 from poultry workers had H5 antibodies. Similarly, highly suspect cases linked to the 2006 outbreak, including fatal cases, tested negative.

Negative data has also been found for wild birds. Although wild birds from H5N1 positive areas in China, Siberia, and Mongolia winter in India, India has never reported H5N1 in dead or live wild birds.

Recently a deal teal collected a few miles from H5N1 positive dead poultry was said to have died of pneumonia, but H5N1 test results was not indicated. Similary, video of the initial reported poultry death in Birbham included large numbers of dead crows, but they also have not been reported to be H5N1 positive. Bangladesh also reported dead crows in the vicinity of H5N1 confirmed poultry, and Bangladesh reported H5N1 positive crows.

In addition, hundreds of goats in the same Birbhum and Murshidabad, which have cullers with bird flu symptoms, have died with bird flu symptoms, but no testing of the goats has been announced.

Thus, the negative test results from India increase pandemic concerns.
:tiphat: http://www.recombinomics.com/News/01260804/H5N1_Balurghat_Case.html
 
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Bird flu: strict vigil in Kolkata


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In full swing: Health workers culling chickens at a poultry farm at Champatala village in Howrah district of West Bengal on Saturday. . </CENTER>
Kolkata: Kolkata has so far managed to keep the scourge of avian flu at bay, with the West Bengal government taking special steps to keep vigil on all entry points from the affected neighbouring districts.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation was also keeping a strict watch, forming teams to monitor the situation. The city police have appointed a nodal officer to coordinate all efforts in this direction.
Animal Resource Development Minister Anisur Rahaman told The Hindu from Nadia, one of the affected districts, that chances of the flu spreading to the capital seemed to be less if strict vigil was maintained. ?Since poultry is not kept in the backyards in the city in the way it is done in rural areas, the chances of the disease spreading were less and a strict vigil was being kept to check entry of any infected bird into the city.? Bird culling in the neighbouring districts of Howrah and Hooghly was being done on a war-footing.
He said that veterinary doctors from Chennai and Assam were now helping the more than 1000 teams pressed into the job of culling 21-lakh chickens. ?I expect this job to be completed by Monday or Tuesday. However, the target may need to be revised in view of some new blocks getting affected,? he said.
Culling has been completed in Bankura, Burdwan, Dinajpur and almost completed in Nadia. In the worst-affected districts of Birbhum (where the first case was reported on January 16) and Murshidabad, where nine blocks each have been affected, the target has been lowered to seven lakh instead of eight lakh fixed earlier (since birds are anyway dying). But the task is yet to be completed. He said that it was easier to conduct the operations at night since the chickens all came home to roost in their coops. During daytime they fluttered about in all directions making it difficult for the teams to trace them out. So far about 13.5 lakh birds have been culled.
The Minister, who toured the various affected districts on Saturday, said that culling has been affected by rain which lashed various parts of the State for the second consecutive day. Some experts said that rain helped check the spread of the disease. Another expert opinion, however, cautioned against any complacency, saying that the ensuing cold conditions helped the H5N1 virus to flourish, Mr. Rahaman said.
He said that the worst may be over soon. The problem confronting the government was the rehabilitation of the poultry farmers. Mr. Rahaman is to call on the Finance Minister to chalk out a rehabilitation package for the poultry sector for which Central assistance would also be sought.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/27/stories/2008012753930800.htm
 
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Now, fish dying in Bengal

27 Jan 2008,


KOLKATA: After bird flu, a mysterious disease has hit the fish population in large parts of South 24 Parganas in West Bengal.

A few hundred dead fish were seen floating in ponds in Nepalgunj, Julpia, Baruipur, Bhangore, Bankeswar and other areas of the district.

Popular varieties like 'rohu', 'katla', 'mrigel' and 'magur' are among the worst affected.

Chief medical officer of South 24 Parganas, Sacchidananda Sarkar, said an alert has been sounded and steps are being taken to find out the nature of the disease. Experts said the bird flu virus does not affect fish. Fishermen, however, said it was posing a grave threat to their livelihood.

Adhir Makhal, 75, engaged in pisciculture for decades, said that he had suffered huge loses due to the unknown disease which left hundreds of fish in his two-bigha pond dead.

"I had invested Rs 60,000 with the hope that I would earn at least Rs 1 lakh. But, now it appears that I have lost everything," Makhal said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Now_fish_dying_in_Bengal_/articleshow/2734502.cms
 
Re: India - Bird Flu in Poultry/Animals Jan 24+

Dutchy said:
Now, fish dying in Bengal

27 Jan 2008,


KOLKATA: After bird flu, a mysterious disease has hit the fish population in large parts of South 24 Parganas in West Bengal.

A few hundred dead fish were seen floating in ponds in Nepalgunj, Julpia, Baruipur, Bhangore, Bankeswar and other areas of the district.

Popular varieties like 'rohu', 'katla', 'mrigel' and 'magur' are among the worst affected.

Chief medical officer of South 24 Parganas, Sacchidananda Sarkar, said an alert has been sounded and steps are being taken to find out the nature of the disease. Experts said the bird flu virus does not affect fish. Fishermen, however, said it was posing a grave threat to their livelihood.

Adhir Makhal, 75, engaged in pisciculture for decades, said that he had suffered huge loses due to the unknown disease which left hundreds of fish in his two-bigha pond dead.

"I had invested Rs 60,000 with the hope that I would earn at least Rs 1 lakh. But, now it appears that I have lost everything," Makhal said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Now_fish_dying_in_Bengal_/articleshow/2734502.cms
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Bird flu outbreak intensifies in Russia's Tuva Republic
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The Siberian office of the Russian emergencies ministry said on Tuesday [27
Jun 2006] that the outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the
constituent Tuva Republic was intensifying.

The emergencies ministry first reported on 23 Jun 2006 that 169 dead wild
birds had been collected from the Ubsu-Nur Lake in the Ovyursky district of
the Tuva Republic, and the presence of H5N1 in their blood samples had been
confirmed by the Kemerovo veterinary laboratory.

Tuesday's [27 Jun 2006] statement said wild bird deaths were continuing,
with 371 new deaths reported by Sunday [25 Jun 2006] afternoon. A total 1622
birds have died since the 1st dead birds were found on the lake 15 Jun 2006.
The emergencies ministry warned further outbreaks were likely towards the
end of July 2006 among young wild birds, as their immunity to the disease
was weak.

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Source: Ria Novosti, 26 Jun 2006 [edited]
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Expert doubts bird flu pandemic in East Siberia
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A leading ornithologist in Siberia cast doubt Monday [26 Jun 2006] over a
possible bird flu pandemic in the region, after hundreds of wild fowl
carcasses were destroyed.

A total of 1622 bodies of wild geese, as well as more than 50 dead fish,
found on the shores of Lake Ubsu-Nur in the Republic of Tuva on the
Russian-Mongolian border had been incinerated by Monday [26 Jun 2006].

After preliminary tests, local virologists suggested bird flu had caused the
mass bird deaths in the last week, but Vladimir Zabelin, a leading local
ornithologist, said contamination of a river flowing into the lake could
have been to blame. "[The deaths] could have been the result of toxic waste
being dumped into the Tes-Khem River," he said. The expert said the fish
started dying first, apparently contaminating the birds through the food
chain.

The final results will be known by 29 Jun 2006, when a Vladimir-based
research institute in central Russia finalizes the analysis of blood samples
from dead birds.

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Chief Scientist
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[Results from the All-Russian reference laboratory at Vladimir, Moscow
(expected tomorrow [29 Jun 2006]?) and formal notification to the OIE will
enable verifying -- or otherwise -- the information included in these
newswires.

The Republic of Tuva (170 500 sq km: north to south 420 km, west to east 630
km; 1990 est. pop. 366 000) is situated in the center of Asia in the south
of Eastern Siberia, bordering Mongolia in the south, Irkutskaya region in
the northeast, the republic of Khakasia in the northwest, the republic of
Buryatia in the east, the republic of Altai in the west and Krasnoyarsky
region in the north. Map at
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:RussiaTuva2005.png>. - Mod.AS]

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New bird flu outbreak hits Siberia
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A new outbreak of bird flu has hit the West Siberian region of Tomsk, the
local administration said Tuesday [27 Jun 2006]. A representative said a
laboratory analysis of fancy pigeons that died in a village last week
revealed the deadly virus. "All the pigeons and chickens from the courtyard
have been culled," the representative said. "The owner, who had refused to
vaccinate poultry, will receive no compensation."

Governor Viktor Kress ordered vaccination as a preventive measure against an
epidemic of the disease, which claimed over a million birds in Russia in
February-April 2006.

According to the Agriculture Ministry, bird flu was registered in 10
villages in 3 West Siberian regions in late May 2006.

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[An official confirmation from the reference laboratory is anticipated in
this case as well. Russia's last avian influenza reports to the OIE on avian
influenza in domestic fowl was sent on 16 Feb 2006; see
<http://oie.int/eng/info/hebdo/AIS_30.HTM#Sec2>. On the same day, a
notification on infection in wild birds was sent as well; see
<http://oie.int/eng/info/hebdo/AIS_30.HTM#Sec12>. An update might be
helpful. - Mod.AS]

[see also:
Avian influenza (126) - Russia (Siberia), Nigeria 20060526.1484
Avian influenza (120) - Russia, Czech Republic 20060520.1433]

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>MALDA: With the panchayat elections round the corner, electoral compulsions seem to have come in the way of culling in the bird flu-ravaged districts.

Panchayat representatives, though aware of the deadly virus, are not coming to the rescue of culling teams that have met with stiff resistance from villagers at various places in the district.

"We have launched an awareness campaign in the villages as the government wanted. But only that much. We aren't going to the households to put pressure on farmers to hand over their birds," said Immina Rahman, gram pradhan of Makdumpur.

Her leader Mumain Khan explained Immina's hesitation.

"You can sense the public sentiment. Poor villagers have nothing to fall back upon. Why should we go against them when the panchayat elections are months away?" Khan said.

For poor villagers, culling of their backyard chickens was as deadly as the virus.

"The chickens are our livelihood. How can I give them away?" said Jabinur Bewa of the Nadisik village under Chanchal-I. Jabinur and her neighbours were running away from the "murgi party" (culling team) all through the day, holding the sick chickens tight. Jabinur is no exception. This is regular scene in the villages ? Nadisik, Makdumpur, Gouria, Mobarakpur or Mahanandapur.

Sentiments apart, the paltry compensation to the villagers ? Rs 30-40 for grown up chickens ? acted as a deterrent to the culling operations.

"We are getting merely Rs 30-40 for each hen when my bird lays eggs regularly," said Dulli Biwi. That explains the slow progress of culling in Malda with the Rapid Response Teams far from the 80,000 culling target.

The teams have been attacked at eight places under Chanchal-I area because this is one place where day labourers depend on backyard poultry as a major source of sustenance. According to animal resources records, there are around two lakh fowls in the area.

Sabhadhipati of the Congress-run Malda Zilla Parishad Goutam Chakrab-orty also admitted the problem. "The avian flu is a huge setback for the rural economy. The culling of 80,000 birds will affect an equal number of villagers. A meagre Rs 30-40 for each bird isn't enough because the families won't get fresh chicks before three months," Chakraborty said.

Earlier, Union minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi fanned the grievances, saying that the compensation is too little. He held the state government responsible for the paltry amount. The state could have asked for more funds from the Centre, he said.

CPM district secretary Jiban Maitra, however, put up a brave front. "Why the resistance? The compensation is not worse than the present market price," he said.

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Jan. 25: Only the width of the Hooghly stood between Calcutta and bird flu today with the virus confirmed in Howrah?s Sankrail. The addition of Purulia swelled the list of affected districts to 11.
?Samples sent from Sankrail in Howrah and Saturi block in Purulia have tested positive. Culling will start tomorrow,? animal resource development (ARD) secretary Dilip Chakraborty said.
Officials said there was no evidence of unusual chicken mortality in Calcutta?s lone organised poultry farm, a state-run one in Tollygunge. The city has no backyard poultry farms.
ARD minister Anisur Rahman acknowledged that the planned vigil on roads and railway platforms, to prevent smuggling of chickens from affected zones to the city, was hit by rain today. Even the monitoring of Calcutta?s markets suffered but culling did not, he said, with 3.5 lakh chickens killed.
To speed up the flu fight, the government has asked district officials to tell villagers they would not receive compensation unless they handed over their chickens for culling willingly.
?We are saying this only to pressure the villagers,? Rahman said. Several villages in Malda?s Chanchol have turned away culling teams, demanding an increased compensation.
Rahman said 13.6 lakh birds had been culled till tonight but the overall target of 21 lakh had not been revised since yesterday. Howrah has 12.5-lakh poultry and could alone bloat the target considerably, although culling will be confined to Sankrail.
District magistrate Khalil Ahmed said 80-odd culling teams would be deployed tomorrow in Howrah, just 700 metres from the city across the Hooghly.
Ahmed said the chicken samples that tested positive came from Masjidpara near Nalpur. The Purulia samples came from Ramchandrapur village, about 290km from Calcutta.​
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Fish dying in Bengal:

There were reports on heavy rain, hampering the culling.

Heavy rain can do something with the water quality, causing fish to die?

Remember reports linking heavy rain and dead fish from my region in Holland.

If you Google "rain dead fish", you will find a lot of reports on this subject.
 
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Bird flu alert in bordering districts
Local administrations in some eastern districts bordering India have started taking measures to prevent possible spread of bird flu from Indian states.
The District Administration Office (DAO) of Siraha has banned the import of poultry products from India after cases of bird flu were reported in Bihar.
Banning the import of chicken, eggs, ducks and other birds from various border points in the district, the DAO has put the police and customs officials at high alert to check the import of such products, chief district officer Balkrishna Panthi told RSS.
Likewise, strict vigil is being maintained in the areas bordering West Bengal, India, citing the bird flu scare there. The Jhapa district administration has strictly banned import of live birds and poultry products from across the border.
Meanwhile, the District Livestock Office, Jhapa has said no symptom of the bird flu has been detected in the district. Source: nepalnews.com :tiphat: http://www.mediaforfreedom.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=9295
 
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By Bappa Majumdar
KOLKATA, India, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Authorities in eastern India fighting an outbreak of bird flu in poultry said on Sunday that there were no fresh reports of bird deaths but that the virus could still spread to new areas.
"The situation appears to be slowly coming under control, but we are still waiting for test reports of dead bird samples from a few other places," Anisur Rahaman, the animal resources minister for West Bengal, said on Sunday.
"It could still spread further," :magnify: he added.
India's government says laboratory tests have confirmed the H5N1 flu virus strain in at least two of West Bengal's 19 districts, but said reports from 9 other districts were likely to be the same.
Experts fear the H5N1 strain could mutate into a form easily transmitted from person to person, leading to a pandemic.
Officials they were relieved as there no fresh bird deaths in the last two days in the state of 80 million people. There have also been no reported cases of humans being infected by the virus,
"But we are still checking sick people and poultry for bird flu and trying to stop the virus from hitting the bigger cities," Rahaman said.
Hundreds of policemen and veterinary staff were checking trucks carrying chickens and eggs to the state capital, Kolkata, one of India's biggest cities.
Authorities have banned dozens of poultry farms from sending products to Kolkata, barring a select 14, officials said.
"These farms can still send chickens to the city in sealed containers, but only after carrying out medical tests," Rahaman said.
Health officials continued to check markets for sick chickens and ducks on Sunday, but most people were opting for lambs and fish.
"I am virtually ruined," Nizam Ali, a poultry trader told a local television channel.
"I have sold just two chickens on a Sunday, compared to nearly a hundred last week," he said.
Neighbouring Bangladesh, struggling to contain bird flu, has banned the sale of poultry and eggs in several districts as the virus spread to more farms in the country, livestock ministry officials said on Sunday.
The government confirmed that bird flu has spread to another new coastal district of Bhola.
With the latest outbreak, 28 of its 64 districts have been affected by the deadly virus since March last year.:tiphat: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP204372.htm
 
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Orissa seals border, bans poultry imports from West Bengal
Bhubaneswar, January 27, 2008


First Published: 14:19 IST(27/1/2008)
Last Updated: 14:26 IST(27/1/2008)


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<!--End of top module--><!--Start of the story-->Orissa has sealed its borders with West Bengal and banned the import of poultry from the neighbouring state hit by bird flu to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, officials said on Sunday.
Prohibitory orders were clamped on Saturday night in at least 72 villages in Balasore district and several villages in Mayurbhanj district, Bishnupada Sethi, state director of the fishery and animal resource development department, told IANS.
Apart from sealing borders, hundreds of veterinary officials have been deployed to check vehicles coming in from West Bengal, he said.
On Saturday, officials seized two egg-laden trucks at Laxamananath check post, Sethi said.
Another truck seized was carrying around 400 poultry birds coming from West Bengal at Rajghat in Balasore, said a district veterinary official.
Nearly 30 veterinary teams have been moving from village to village in Balasore and checking poultry birds for any sign of the dreaded virus, he added. No bird has been found affected by the H5N1 virus in Orissa so far.
"We have asked the collectors of all 30 districts to remain alert and draw samples from birds that have flu-like symptoms," said Hrusikesh Panda, secretary of the fishery and animal resource development department.
We have placed advertisements in all newspapers and television channels, asking people not to panic, he added.
The prices of chicken and poultry products have fallen drastically in many parts of Orissa, official sources said. The price of a dressed chicken, which used to be Rs 80 per kg, has come down to Rs 40 in Balasore and Rs 60 in Bhubhaneswar.
Avian flu has spread to 11 districts of West Bengal - Birbhum, South Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Nadia, Burdwan, Bankura, Malda, Hooghly, Cooch Behar, Purulia and Howrah since breaking out on January 15.
The state's poultry industry says it has lost over Rs 1 billion ($25 million) ever since the outbreak.
On Friday, authorities in West Bengal said they had met nearly half the culling target by killing over one million poultry. The state has targeted to slaughter at least 2.1 million birds.:tiphat: http://www.hindustantimes.com/Story...sa+seals+border,+bans+poultry+imports+from+WB
 
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[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Notified Areas earmarked under Avian Influenza in West Bengal (As on 27.01.2008)​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Sl.
No
District​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
SubDivision​
​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Block/
Municipality
Block wise
Population
Eradication
Area Remarks​

[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Rampurhat​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Rampurhat I​
[/FONT]
Dahalbati village 159,148 Entire area of
block
Notification No. 80-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 15.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Rampurhat​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Rampurhat II​
[/FONT]
Margram I & II
village
158,756 Entire area of
block
Notification No. 80-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 15.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Rampurhat​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Nalhati I,​
[/FONT]
Dharampur village 209,314
within a
radius of 3
Km of foci
Notification No.136-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 22.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Rampurhat​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Nalhati II​
[/FONT]
Sahebnagar,
Krishnapur,
Prasadpur village
106,942
within a
radius of 3
Km of foci
Notification No. 80-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 15.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Rampurhat​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Nalhati
Municipality​
[/FONT]
Ward no. 1-6
Entire area of
municipality
Notification No.136-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 22.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Rampurhat​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Mayureswar I​
[/FONT]
Kanachi, Jabumi,
Baraturigram,
Ghoshgram, Pisia,
Jamaipara.
Sibagram village
under Dakshingram
GP
139,677
within a
radius of 3
Km of foci
Notification No. 157-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 27.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Rampurhat​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Mayureswar II:​
[/FONT]
Akuni, Mayureswar,
Thanpara villages
113,031
Within a
radius of 5
km of foci
Notification No.152-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 25.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Bolpur​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Nanur Block​
[/FONT]:
Sardanga village 193,788
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.108-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Sadar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Mohammad Bazar​
[/FONT]:
Dilogram village 139,478
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.108-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Sadar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Khoyrasole :​
[/FONT]Barhra
village 135,101
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.152-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 25.01.2008
1​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Birbhum​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Bolpur​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Bolpur ? Sriniketan
Block​
[/FONT]: Binodpur
village
178,111
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.136-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 22.01.2008
2​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Dakshin
Dinajpur​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Sadar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]State Poultry Farm​
[/FONT],
Balurghat 135,516
within a
radius of 5
Km of Farm
Notification No. 80-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 15.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Kandi​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Khargram​
[/FONT]
Palasi village 234,715 Entire area of
block
Notification No.106-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 19.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Kandi​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Barwan​
[/FONT]
Munaikhandra 224,312 Entire area of
block - do -​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Kandi​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Kandi​
[/FONT]: Bagacharsa
village 193,093
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.152-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 25.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Sadar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Nowda​
[/FONT]
Durgar village 196,021
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.106-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 19.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Lalbagh​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Nabagram​
[/FONT]
Saidpur village 196,565
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
- do -​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Jangipur​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Suti I​
[/FONT]: Chaksaidpur
village 139,419
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.108-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Jangipur​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Sagardighi block​
[/FONT]:
sagardighi village 252,360
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.108-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Sadar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Beldanga I:​
[/FONT]
Gangapur village 259,139
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.108-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Sadar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Beldanga II:​
[/FONT]
Junarapara village 212,171
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.155-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 25.01.2008
3​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Murshidabad​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Jangipur SD​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Shamsirganj:​
[/FONT]
Sahebnagar village
under Bhasaipaikar
GP
180,319
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.157-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 27.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Katwa​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Mangolkote Block​
[/FONT]
a) Durmud under
Koichar II GP
b) Simulia under
Simulia I GP
c) Deulia under
Magalkot GP
d) Mallikpur under
Lekhuria GP
e) Bhadimpur under
Jhiloo I GP
233,944
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.106-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 19.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Kalna​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Purbasthali II​
[/FONT]
Talbona village 188,149
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.106-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 19.01.2008
4​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Bardhaman​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Asansol​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Jamuria Block :​
[/FONT]
Hijalgora GP, 112,799
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.107-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Asansol​
[/FONT]
Ward No. 22​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Jamuria
Municipality​
[/FONT]
Pariharpur village
129,456
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.107-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Asansol​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Ranigunj Block​
[/FONT]:
Amrasota GP
Bansura vill,
Majhipara, Suripara
village
101,678
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.107-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Asansol​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Asansol
Municipality​
[/FONT]: Ward
No. 33 Girmint
Village,
Kakhoyan village,
Bongapara village
486,304
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.107-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Katwa​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Ketugram I Block​
[/FONT]:
Palita GP, Kantari
village
146,013
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.107-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Durgapur​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Galsi I​
[/FONT]:
Krihnarampur village 174,070
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.136-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 22.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Tehatta​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Tehatta I​
[/FONT]
Basanti Nagar village 217,541
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.106-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 19.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Tehatta​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Tehatta II​
[/FONT]
Paschimpara,
Kannirgur village
134,113
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.106-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 19.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Krishnanagar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Krishna nagar I,​
[/FONT]
Simultala, Bakultala
village
280,254
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.136-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 22.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Krishnanagar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Kaliganj:​
[/FONT]Baraitna
village 290,845
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.108-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Krisnanagar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Nakashipara:​
[/FONT]
Muragacha Village 334,863
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.136-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 22.01.2008
5​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Nadia​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Kalyani​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Haringhata​
[/FONT]:
Subarnapur village 207,867
within a
radius of 5
Km of foci
Notification No.136-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 22.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Sadar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Saltora Block​
[/FONT]:
Dahuka village 121,810
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.108-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 20.01.2008
6​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Bankura​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Bishnupur​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Mejhia​
[/FONT]: Lalbazar
village 76,117
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.136-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 22.01.2008
7​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Malda​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Chachol SD​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Chachal I​
[/FONT]:
Mahanandapur
Village
174,177
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.136-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 22.01.2008​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Dinhata​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Dinhata I :​
[/FONT]
Jaridahata village 254,449
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.139-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 23.01.2008
8​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Cooch behar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Mathabhanga SD​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Mathabhanga I:​
[/FONT]
Dighipur village
under Kurshamari
GP
186,658
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.157-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 27.01.2008
9​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Hooghly​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Sadar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Balagar​
[/FONT]: Gopalpur
village 214,710
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.139-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 23.01.2008
10​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Purulia​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Raghunathpur SD​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Santuri Block​
[/FONT]:
Ramchandrapur
village
69,587
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.152-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 25.01.2008
11​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Howrah​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Sadar​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Sankrail Block​
[/FONT]:
Nalpur Majidpara
village
290,924
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.152-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 25.01.2008
12​

[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Paschim
Midnapur​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Kharagpur SD​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Debra Block:​
[/FONT]
Chak bencha
village under
Snarpur ? Lowada
GP
255,220
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.157-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 27.01.2008
13​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
South 24
Parganas​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Alipore SD​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Budge Budge II​
[/FONT]
Mallickpara village
under Kashipur
Alampur GP
173,446
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.157-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 27.01.2008​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Total Population
Coverage [/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]795,643​

[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Summary of affected areas at a glance:-​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Sl. No. District Blocks Municipality Total​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
1 Birbhum 10 1 11
2 Dakshin Dinajpur 0 1 1
3 Murshidabad 10 0 10
4 Bardhaman 6 2 8
5 Nadia 6 0 6
6 Bankura 2 0 2
7 Malda 1 0 1
8 Coochbehar 2 0 2
9 Hooghly 1 0 1
10 Purulia 1 0 1
11 Howrah 1 0 1
12 Paschim Midnapur 1 0 1
13 South 24 Pargana 1 0 1​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]TOTAL 42 4 46

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The two new districts above are:

Paschim
Midnapur​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Kharagpur SD​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Debra Block:​
[/FONT]
Chak bencha
village under
Snarpur ? Lowada
GP
255,220
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.157-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 27.01.2008
13​
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
South 24
Parganas​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic]
Alipore SD​
[/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]
Budge Budge II​
[/FONT]
Mallickpara village
under Kashipur
Alampur GP
173,446
within a radius
of 5 Km of
foci
Notification No.157-
AR&AH/AD/P/4A-
35/06 dt 27.01.2008​
 
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13 district affected with birdflu in West Bengal</ARTTITLE>
27 Jan 2008, 1638 hrs IST
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>KOLKATA: Despite culling of birds being taken up in a war footing birdflu has spread to West Midnapore, taking the total number of districts in West Bengal affected by the disease to 13. Birdflu also spread to South 24 Parganas district.

The total number of avian influenza-affected districts in the state has gone upto 13 out of the 19 districts.

Some 15.75 lakh poultry have been culled so far out of the target of 22 lakh, West Bengal Animal Resources Development Minister Anisur Rehman said here on Sunday.

"Of the targeted 22 lakh we have been able to cull nearly 15.75 lakh hens and cocks and 1.25 lakh have died. The rest of the lot will be completed by tomorrow," Rehman told a press conference here with Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta.

"Four districts - South Dinajpur, Nadia, Burdwan and Bankura have completed their culling operations."

In the remaining districts culling will be completed soon, Rehman said.

The state government has sent 816 more samples for testing and results will come by Monday.

"If there are any positive samples then we will have to increase the surveillance in the area. So at present we cannot say that the thing is over but the situation is definitely under control," he added.

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=4>Bird flu spreads in new area of affected Howrah district</ARTTITLE>
27 Jan, 2008, 1145 hrs IST, <ARTAG>PTI</ARTAG>
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px" vAlign=top align=middle width="100%" colSpan=4><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>KOLKATA: With the detection of fresh cases of bird flu in another block of the affected Howrah district, steps are being taken to keep Kolkata insulated from the disease.

ARD minister Anisur Rehman told PTI poultry products from the affected areas would not be allowed to enter Kolkata.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation has formed eight teams to to keep the metropolis insulated from bird flu which has already reached adjoining Howrah and Hooghly districts.

The teams were moving in different parts of the city to monitor the situation.

The disease has gripped 11 of the 19 districts of the state, where nearly 13.50 lakh birds were culled till yesterday and another eight lakh remained to be culled.

The affected districts are Birbhum, South Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Nadia, Burdwan, Bankura, Malda, Coochbehar, Hooghly, Purulia and Howrah.

Culling was over in Hooghly, Burdwan, Bankura, South Dinajpur and Nadia districts.

With an improvement in the weather today, Rapid Response Teams were hopeful of meeting their daily culling targets.

Rains had hampered culling in many areas yesterday. Eleven teams were carrying out culling operations at Panchla block in Howrah district, which tested positive for bird flu yesterday. Over 2000 poultry were culled in the block till 9 pm last night.

Earlier, Sankrail block of the district had tested positive for avian influenza. Fifty-two teams were carrying out culling in seven gram panchayat areas of the block and had killed 4,767 chicken till last night.

There were no reports of poultry deaths from the remaining 12 blocks of the district.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2734914,prtpage-1.cms


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