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Bird flu in India spreads to 2 new districts
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Officials in the state of West Bengal, the center of the outbreak, have been struggling to contain the disease, which now has spread to 13 of the state's 19 districts.
"We have very strict surveillance on all the entry points to the city and we have earmarked 14 reputed poultry farms that maintain proper safety measures," state Animal Husbandry Minister Anisur Rahman told reporters.
All poultry sold in the city's teeming markets will now be sourced from one of the farms considered safe, Rahman said. All markets in the city also would be closely watched, he said.
The outbreak of the virus has so far been largely confined to rural areas, but there have been concerns it might spread to Calcutta, one of India's biggest cities with a population of 14 million.
On Friday authorities had confirmed the disease had reached an area less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) away.
"We're trying our best and taking all necessary measures that are needed to control the spread," Rahman said.
The government's efforts to slaughter as many as 2 million birds have been slowed by a shortage of qualified personnel, bad weather and a lack of public understanding about the disease.
With the samples from the new districts testing positive, Rahman said that the total number of birds to be slaughtered would increase. He gave no numbers.
Officials have killed roughly 1.6 million birds, mainly chickens, since Jan. 15 and will continue slaughtering birds that may have been infected over the weekend, Rahman said.
India has contained two previous outbreaks of the disease, both on large poultry farms. The latest outbreak has largely affected chickens kept by peasants in their small yards, and many villagers were unaware of the danger of the disease.
A powerful strain of the bird flu virus has killed at least 221 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Although it remains difficult for humans to catch, experts fear it will mutate into a new form that spreads easily among people, potentially sparking a pandemic.:tiphat:

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Bird flu continues to spread in Bengal, outpacing culling


Submitted by Mudassir Rizwan on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 11:25. By IANS
Kolkata : The deadly H5N1 virus Sunday spread to two more districts in West Bengal, confirmed barely an hour after the Communist government in the eastern Indian state declared the bird flu situation as "under control".
With this, 13 of the 19 West Bengal districts are in the grip of avian influenza.
"We have two more districts, South 24 Parganas adjoining Kolkata and West Midnapore, in the grip of bird flu. The affected area in South 24 Parganas is in Budge Budge (Kashipore and Alampur panchayat areas) and in West Midnapore it is Chawkbecha village under Lowada panchayat area," West Bengal Animal Husbandry Minister Anisur Rahman told IANS.
Budge Budge is barely 15 km from Kolkata.
"We were hoping to complete culling operations by Monday, but now more time will be needed," he said.
Rahman said bird flu also spread to new places in districts like Cooch Behar (Mathabhanga) and Murshidabad (Samshergunge) that were already affected.
Rahman confirmed the new infections an hour after he held a press meet with Health Minister Surya Kanta Mishra and Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta and declared the bird flu situation was under control.
West Bengal had set a target to slaughter about 2.2 million birds by Monday. More than 1.5 million poultry birds were culled till Sunday morning despite inclement weather in the past two days.
"We have already culled around 1.57 million birds till Sunday. About 1,000 Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) and engaged in the work and the culling target of 2.2 million is likely to be completed by Monday. But the completion of the process would be now delayed by new infections," Rahman said.
Finance Minister Dasgupta said the rehabilitation package for those in the poultry sector would cost around Rs.1.5 billion in terms of soft loans, waivers, grants and Rs.250 million would be required for compensation to at least half a million affected families as they would be given Rs.500 each as immediate compensation.
He said the state government had disbursed Rs.85 million so far besides Rs.30 million from the central government. "We have sought another Rs.50 million from the central government now," he said.
The total loss from the culling and deaths of the birds from the flu itself was around Rs.1.5 billion, he said.
Senior health official R.S. Shukla said police and civic authorities were keeping a watch at Kolkata's all entry and exit points to prevent bird flu contamination in the metro of around 5 million people. The population of greater Kolkata is around 10 million.
He said only 14 poultries were identified to supply chicken and eggs to Kolkata.
Shukla said all 17 human samples, including of five women, sent for laboratory tests had proved negative.
The state government is making arrangements to equip sub-divisional hospitals with ventilators and Tamiflu tablets.
On Friday, authorities confirmed the disease had reached Sankrail in Howrah, barely 10 km from Kolkata. With Budge Budge confirming the presence of the virus, the threat to Kolkata only increased further.
The 13 avian flu affected districts are Birbhum, South Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Nadia, Burdwan, Bankura, Malda, Hooghly, Cooch Behar, Purulia, Howrah, South 24 Parganas and West Midnapore. The virus was first confirmed in Birbhum and South Dinajpur on Jan 15.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has described the situation in West Bengal as "serious".
The H5N1 virus causes a type of influenza in birds that is highly contagious. It does not usually infect people unless they come in close contact with infected birds or contaminated surfaces.

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Bird flu: WB prepared if humans get affected, says minister
Author: PTI Date: 27 Jan 2008
Kolkata: Though nobody has tested positive so far, the state is fully prepared to face such a situation where human beings are found affected by H5N1 virus, <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">West Bengal</ST1:PLACE> Health Minister Surya Kanta Mishra said today. <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P>
Addressing a press conference here, Mishra said that the government has sent 15 ventilators to sub-divisional hospitals in the bird flu-affected districts. <O:P></O:P>
The state government has asked the Centre to provide financial assistance for sending more ventilators to hospitals in the affected districts, he said. <O:P></O:P>
The sub-divisional hospitals have started maintaining isolation wards so that affected patients can be kept away from others to stop it from spreading. "The state government is also planning to buy more ventilators so that the district hospitals get fully prepared for any kind of consequences," Mishra said. <O:P></O:P>
The Health Minister also assured that the doctors of three medical colleges --- <ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Bankura</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Medical</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">College</ST1:PLACETYPE>, <ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Burdwan</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Medical</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">College</ST1:PLACETYPE> and <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">North</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Bengal</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Medical</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">College</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE> --- have been kept ready so that they can move to any part of the state at any point of time. <O:P></O:P>
He said the state government has requested the Centre to open a testing centre in Kolkata. "The testing is done only at NIV, Pune and in <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Bhopal</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY>, but that takes a lot of time. So we have requested the Centre to open a testing centre in Kolkata. This will help the eastern and the north eastern part of the country," Mishra said. <O:P></O:P>
So far 12 lakh population have been kept under surveillance and 17 samples hade been sent for testing but none of the samples have tested positive, he added. :tiphat: http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/news/national/article?_EXT_5_articleId=940747&_EXT_5_groupId=14<O:P></O:P>
 
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O.K. so the 17 negatives came out of Kolkata?

So far 12 lakh population have been kept under surveillance and 17 samples hade been sent for testing but none of the samples have tested positive, he added.
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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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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>KOLKATA: Birdflu on Sunday spread to two more districts of West Bengal taking the number of affected districts to 13 out of a total 19 even as the state government said it was fully prepared to face any kind of adversity if any human being is found afflicted by the dreaded disease.

Authorities of the two districts confirmed the spread of the Avian Flu and the slaughtering of birds would begin tomorrow.

West Midnapore district magistrate N S Nigam said samples of chicken sent from Chakbelcha village in Debra block of Kharagpur subdivision had tested positive.

In South 24 Parganas, the disease tested positive in Budge Budge, district magistrate Sanghamitra Ghosh said.

Nigam said 40 teams would start culling operations in five km radius of Chakbelcha tomorrow.

The disease spread to Baro Khalasamari at Mathabhanga block in affected Coochbehar district where bird flu had already hit four villages.

In the affected district of Howrah, Avian Flu spread to Panchla in addition to Sankrail and with the detection of fresh cases in another block, barely 10 km from here, steps are being taken to keep Kolkata insulated from the disease.

ARD Minister Anisur Rehman said 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 birdflu. The teams were moving in different parts of the city to monitor the situation.

The fear that the disease might hit Kolkata has aggravated since the spread to South 24 Parganas, part of which form the city's suburbs.

Though no human being has been tested positive so far but the state is fully prepared to face any kind of adversity if human beings are found affected by H5N1 virus, West Bengal Health Minister Surya Kanta Mishra said.

"We have sent 15 ventilators to sub-divisional hospitals in the affected districts and we have asked the Centre to provide us financial assistance so that we can send more ventilators to hospitals in the affected districts" he told reporters.

"The sub-divisional hopsitals have started maintaining isolation wards so that the affected patient can be kept away from the other patients and stop spreaing. Not only that the state government is also planning to buy more ventilators so that the district hospitals get fully prepared for any kind of consequences" Mishra said.

About 15.75 Lakh hens and cocks have already been culled so far out of the target of 22 lakh in 11 districts and 1.25 lakh had died, Rehman said during the day.

State Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said government would provide financial and other help to five lakh families who have lost their poultry in the culling operation and waive loans.

"As the five lakh families whose birds have been culled cannot start their business for the next three months we have decided to give each of them Rs 500 as one time relief. For this we need 25 crore," he told a press conference here.

"We will try to compensate the entire loss directly and indirectly to all the affected families," he added.

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Authorities of the two districts confirmed the spread of the Avian Flu and the slaughtering of birds would begin on Monday.
West Midnapore district magistrate N S Nigam said samples of chicken sent from Chakbelcha village in Debra block of Kharagpur subdivision had tested positive.
In South 24-Parganas, the disease tested positive in Budge Budge, district magistrate Sanghamitra Ghosh said.
Nigam said 40 teams would start culling operations in 5 km radius of Chakbelcha on Monday.
The disease spread to Baro Khalasamari at Mathabhanga block in affected Coochbehar district where bird flu had already hit four villages.
In the affected district of Howrah, Avian Flu spread to Panchla in addition to Sankrail and with the detection of fresh cases in another block, barely 10 km from Kolkata, steps are being taken to keep Kolkata insulated from the disease.
ARD Minister Anisur Rehman said poultry products from the affected areas would not be allowed to enter Kolkata.
Kolkata Municipal Corporation has formed eight teams to keep the metropolis insulated from bird flu. The teams were moving in different parts of the city to monitor the situation.
The fear that the disease might hit Kolkata has aggravated since the spread to South 24-Parganas, part of which form the city's suburbs.
Though no human being has been tested positive so far but the state is fully prepared to face any kind of adversity if human beings are found affected by H5N1 virus, West Bengal Health Minister Surya Kanta Mishra said.
"We have sent 15 ventilators to sub-divisional hospitals in the affected districts and we have asked the Centre to provide us financial assistance so that we can send more ventilators to hospitals in the affected districts" he told reporters. <!-- AdTag -->
"The sub-divisional hospitals have started maintaining isolation wards so that the affected patient can be kept away from the other patients and stop spreading. Not only that the state government is also planning to buy more ventilators so that the district hospitals get fully prepared for any kind of consequences" Mishra said.
About 15.75 lakh hens and cocks have already been culled so far out of the target of 22 lakh in 11 districts and 1.25 lakh had died, Rehman said during the day.
State Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said the government would provide financial and other help to 5 lakh families who have lost their poultry in the culling operation and waive loans. "As the 5 lakh families whose birds have been culled cannot start their business for the next three months we have decided to give each of them Rs 500 as one time relief. For this we need 25 crore," he told a press conference in Kolkata. "We will try to compensate the entire loss directly and indirectly to all the affected families," he added.
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First Published: 15:41 IST(27/1/2008)
Last Updated: 19:25 IST(27/1/2008)

15.75 lakh birds culled in West Bengal


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 in Kolkata 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 in Kolkata 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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niman said:
First Published: 15:41 IST(27/1/2008)
Last Updated: 19:25 IST(27/1/2008)

15.75 lakh birds culled in West Bengal


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 in Kolkata 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 in Kolkata 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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Dr. N -

In the context of public health and prevention, isn't this exercise of culling mentioned above, at this point, an exercise in futility? Perhaps with the exception of cleaning up the landscape of dead or dying chickens?

This is not a cynical question - and is asked in ernest. Please provide us lay folk with your clinical opinion as to what is actually accomplished in this culling approach at this stage of regional saturation.
 
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Extrapolation - The government is desperately trying to protect their poultry industry, both domestic and export. Citizen health is also important but......
 
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L'Inde au Bangladesh : Ne cachez pas les faits

28 janv. 2008, 0001 heures d'IST,
Kounteya Sinha,TNN

LA NOUVELLE DELHI : Inquiété que la manifestation du virus de grippe de l'oiseau H5N1 au Bangladesh soit bien plus mauvaise que ce qui est réellement rapportés, les experts en matière de l'Inde veulent que le pays voisin soit plus transparent au sujet de la commande et opérations de retenue de la maladie.

L'Inde, qui est presque sûre que le virus ravargeant actuellement 13 de 19 zones du Bengale occidental soit venu du Bangladesh, veut maintenant que les agences comme la FAO et l'OMS maintiennent un vigile strict au-dessus du programme de gestion de grippe de l'oiseau du Bangladesh.

Les fonctionnaires déclarent depuis rapporter tôt d'une manifestation est essentiel de contenir le virus, pas simplement au Bangladesh, mais également dedans ses secteurs voisins, Bengale occidental étant l'un d'entre eux, Dhaka doivent être honnêtes en rapportant la mortalité peu commune des oiseaux et de leurs résultats d'essai.

Menant la charge, le ministre de santé des syndicats un Ramadoss a dit TOI : le "Bangladesh doit être plus transparent. Leurs opérations de commande et de retenue ont été voilées en secret. Je ne serai pas étonné si plusieurs plus, que les 27 zones officiellement annoncées par le Bangladesh, sont affectés. Le problème a monté du manque d'une règle appropriée là."

Appelant la manifestation actuelle de grippe avienne au Bengale occidental comme "grave et inquiétant," Ramadoss s'est ajouté : "je maintiens mes doigts croisés. La diffusion rapide du virus est alarmante. Nous avons intensifié la surveillance et avons demandé BSF pour sceller la frontière. Le Bangladesh doit être honnête et devrait rapporter de nouvelles manifestations au plus tôt."

Parlant à TOI de New York, David Nabarro, un des meilleurs scientifiques connus de la grippe du monde et du coordonnateur de l'ONU pour la grippe avienne et humaine, par exemple, l'"Inde et le Bangladesh partagent une longue frontière de terre. Le mouvement des humains et des oiseaux par cette frontière est commun. La manifestation au Bengale occidental n'est pas donc venue comme une surprise juste comme la dernière manifestation dans Manipur s'est produite peu après que Myanmar ait commencé à tournoyer sous les manifestations semblables."

Joseph Domenech, le vétérinaire en chef de la FAO, dit de la menace globale des restes de virus. la "surveillance, la détection tôt et les efforts immédiats de réponse sont la clef. Au Bangladesh, presque un tiers des zones ont été infectés, et la maladie semble être endémique, "il a dit.

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India to Bangla: Don't hide facts

28 Jan 2008, 0001 hrs IST,Kounteya Sinha,TNN

NEW DELHI: Worried that the outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Bangladesh is far worse than what is being
actually reported, experts in India want the neighbouring country to be more transparent about the control and
containment operations of the disease.

India, which is almost certain that the virus presently ravaging 13 of West Bengal's 19 districts has come from Bangladesh, now wants agencies like FAO and WHO to maintain a strict vigil over Bangladesh's bird flu control programme.

Officials say since early reporting of an outbreak is vital to contain the virus, not just in Bangladesh, but also in
its neighbouring areas, West Bengal being one of them, Dhaka must be honest in reporting unusual mortality of birds and their test results.

Leading the charge, Union health minister A Ramadoss told TOI: "Bangladesh needs to be more transparent. Their control and containment operations have been veiled in secrecy. I won't be surprised if several more, than the 27 districts officially announced by Bangladesh, are affected. The problem has risen from the lack of a proper rule there."

Calling the present outbreak of avian flu in West Bengal as "grave and worrisome," Ramadoss added: "I am keeping my fingers crossed. The rapid spread of the virus is alarming. We have stepped up surveillance and have asked BSF to seal the border. Bangladesh must be honest and should report new outbreaks at the earliest."

Speaking to TOI from New York, David Nabarro, one of the world's best known influenza scientists and the UN coordinator for avian and human influenza, said, "India and Bangladesh share a long land border. Movement of humans and birds through this border is common. The outbreak in West Bengal has, therefore, not come as a surprise just like the last outbreak in Manipur happened soon after Myanmar started reeling under similar outbreaks."

Joseph Domenech, FAO's chief veterinary officer, says the virus remains a global threat. "Surveillance, early detection and immediate response efforts are the key. In Bangladesh, nearly one-third of the districts have been infected, and the disease appears to be endemic," he said.

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Mamata on flu offensive


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Berhampore/Kolkata. Jan. 27: The Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday launched a scathing attack against Buddhdeb Bhattacharjee government for its failure to check the spread of the bird flu in the state. Addressing a rally at the Collectorate Crossing in Berhampore town, she said, "The H5N1 virus was first detected in some rural areas in November but the state government suppressed the news."
She also criticised the government for offering goats and buffaloes to the poultry owners whose chickens were being culled. "Why are they not offering chickens instead. Clearly, they are trying to lure rural people into voting for the CPI(M) in the panchayat election," she claimed.
This was her first public rally in Berhampore town in eight years. Other leaders of her recently-floated Secular Democratic Front, including Saifuddin Chowdhury were also present in the rally. Murshidabad district is a strong Congress bastion. But Ms Banerjee made it clear that she would make inroads into the district.
"Several important leaders of the faction-ridden district Congress are in touch with me. They will join my party later," she announced. Echoing Ms Banerjee, the state BJP also lambasted the state government for its failure to contain the bird flu. "The H5N1 strain of the virus was initially confirmed only in two districts. It has taken 13 out of 19 districts in its grip. Clearly, the state government failed to check the spread," said state BJP general-secretary.

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Re: India - Bird Flu in Poultry/Animals Jan 24+

70 per cent districts affected

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Kolkata, January 27 Of the 19 districts, the Avian flu has spread in the 13 districts with two new districts ? West Midnapore and South 24 Parganas ? joining the list on Sunday. The state government is already facing flak from every corner for its inability to tackle the crisis in an effective manner.


The state today announced several compensatory measures for the affected families that rear country chicken. It also claimed that the direct and indirect losses incurred by the poultry sector due to this stand at Rs 150 crore.

Available information suggests that the virus has been detected in Debra block of West Midnapore and Mallickpara village of Budge Budge-II block in South 24 Parganas. Animal Resources Development minister Anisur Rahaman said culling in these areas will begin tomorrow.

Rahaman, however, claimed that there have been no lapses in maintaining the vigil along the India-Bangladesh border.

?Joint inspection teams from the state and Centre have surveyed the areas along the border with Bangladesh even before the flu was confirmed. Samples were routinely being sent before the outbreak,? he said. Contrary to the earlier notion that bird flu can affect chicken reared in farms, virus has infected country chicken too, the minister said.

Health minister Surjya Kanta Mishra said that seventeen human blood samples collected so far from South Dinajpur, Birbhum and Murshidabad have been found negative during a test. All sub-divisional hospitals in the affected districts are well equipped and all measures have been taken to tackle any human infection.

State officials claimed that culling operations in South Dinajpur, Nadia, Burdwan and Bankura districts have been completed and by Monday evening, it will be completed in other areas also.

So far, 15.5 lakh birds have been culled and another 1.5 lakh have died.

The remaining, around 4 lakh, will be culled by Monday. This excludes the newly affected areas in West Midnapore and South 24-Parganas districts. Mishra has said that the Union government will be requested to share information on ?sequence? (genetic information) of the bird flu virus found in Bengal with bird flu viruses that affected Bangladesh in recent past. This will help both countries tackle the situation in future.

Meanwhile, state finance minister Asim Dasgupta today said that the virus has affected around four per cent (22 lakh birds) of the state?s poultry and around five lakh families are facing hardships due to this.

Speaking at a press conference organised at the Writers? Buildings on this issue, Dasgupta said that the state has already released Rs 8.5 crore. The Centre has released another Rs 3.5 crore so far and the remaining Rs 5 crore will be released shortly.

Dasgupta said that families that took loans for rearing poultry would not have to pay back their interest or the principal amount immediately. The administration will also offer a one-time grant of Rs 500 to each of the affected family for their sustenance during the intervening three months before allowing them to keep poultry again. This will cost Rs 25 crore, half of which will probably be paid by the Centre.

The state government will also ensure that after three months, loans extended for keeping poultry are given at a low interest (around 4 per cent) and 50 per cent of the amount offered to families will be offered as subsidy.
The state will also demand that the Centre offers a 50 per cent subsidy on poultry feed.

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Re: India - Bird Flu in Poultry/Animals Jan 24+

Mathabhanga on bird flu list
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COOCH BEHAR, Jan. 27: Samples taken from dead chickens collected from Baro-Khalisamari village of Kursamari gram panchayat in Mathabhanga-I block have tested positive. When culling operation in Dinhata is going smoothly and the officials concerned are ready to heave a sigh of relief, this particular piece of news has come as a heavy blow to them this afternoon.
The district magistrate of Cooch Behar, Mr Rajesh Kumar Sinha, said that as the samples from Baro-Khalisamari village have tested positive of the deadly virus, the rapid response teams will start culling operations from Tuesday. At present, 50 rapid response teams are working in Dinhata and 30 have been kept as reserved. These 30 teams will be deployed tomorrow in Mathabhanga-I for culling of about 25,000 domestic birds, the district magistrate said.
On the other hand, about 13,500 chickens, ducks and pigeons were culled during the first two days in Dinhata-I block. Here the culling target is 70,000. Fifty raoid response teams are doing the job in Gitaldaha-I and Gitaldaha-II blocks. Culling operation was completed in Jaridharla and Daribash villages yesterday, claimed the Cooch Behar ADM (D), Mr Pannalal Mahapatra. Samples sent from these two villages tested positive of avian flu virus.
The ADM (D) said these teams are now conducting culling in four gram panchayat areas, including Okrabari and Gobrachhara in Dinhata-I and Dinhata-II blocks, within a five-kilometre radius of the two affected villages today.
Achieving of the target may take two or three days more, he said.
It may be mentioned here that a report arrived here yesterday which confirmed that no samples sent from this district except from Jaridharla and Daribash tested positive. But today the situation has turned otherwise.
Meanwhile, Anasristi, an organisation of science conscious youths has started an awareness drive on bird flu at Kalabagan and Khagrabari in Cooch Behar today.
As many people of these areas keep chickens and ducks, the members of Anasristi told them about the dos and don'ts to avoid the deadly disease and what to do in case of an outbreak.
The secretary of Anasristi, Mr Sumanta Saha, said that they have requested the residents to maintain cleanliness. They have also sprayed lime and bleaching powder in the drains.

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Re: India - Bird Flu in Poultry/Animals Jan 24+

At Galiff Street, who?s afraid of bird flu

Suchetana Haldar
Posted online: Monday, January 28, 2008 at 0058 hrs IST
Kolkata, January 27
The weekly market for pet birds and animals on the Galiff Street was no different on Sunday. The state is in the grip of bird flu and the government has been making tall claims of having banned entry of chickens to the city, but open sale of backyard poultry continued in the market.
With cases of avian flu being reported from West Midnapore and South 24-Parganas also, the total number of affected districts has become 13 now.
In West Bengal, the dreaded disease has only affected backyard chicken and the government has ordered police to keep a strict vigil.
It has announced that poultry from only 14 certified hatcheries would be allowed to enter the city. Though the number of sellers has dwindled to a handful, it doesn?t seem the authorities have been successful in preventing traders from sneaking in chickens from the outskirts.
At the market, there were many sellers who had brought poultry from faraway places.
For instance, Bhola Naskar had brought six hens all the way from Ghatakpukur in South 24 Parganas, and he was not stopped anywhere. ?I have brought only a few hens and I had no problem on the way. The outbreak has dealt a blow to the business. The demand has gone down,? he said.
Chickens fetched Rs 10 each while full grown hens came for as little as Rs 55 each. A medium sized one was available for Rs 30.
?These are local birds. I have brought them from Beleghata,? said another trader.
Apart from hens, a large number of other birds had also been brought to the market from outside. ?We have to contain the spread and stop all movement of poultry, especially the backyard ones. One can never be sure whether the hens have not been brought from the affected areas. Stringent monitoring is a must,? said Kushal Mukherjee, member of the State Wildlife Advisory Board who is also an ornithologist.
The civic authorities, meanwhile, chose to wash its hands of the issue. ?What goes on in the Galiff Street market is the responsibility of the Animal Resource Development department. It is not under the KMC?s purview,? said Deb Dwaipayan Chattopadhyay, Chief Municipal Health Officer, Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
The wildlife wing of the forest department conducts routine drives to check the illegal trade of wild birds. Poultry is not within their purview but they will definitely warn the ARD department, wildlife wing officials said. ?Sale of hens and chickens is not illegal. But under the given circumstances, no amount of precaution is enough. We do not have the authority to put a check on sale of poultry. Wild birds could get infected but hens and ducks are the carriers. We will alert the ARD department and suggest that samples be collected from Galiff Street regularly,? said DFO Rathin Banerjee.
ARD Minister Anisur Rahman, however, seemed to be oblivious of the goings on at the Galiff Street. ?I don?t know what is happening there. Our department is closely monitoring the situation and there is no cause for panic,? he told The Indian Express.

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