Avian flu scare: Bangalore culls 900 chickens to contain H5N1 virus
Health | January 04, 2018 16:57 ISTAlthough the virus does not usually infect people, it can cause fever, diarrhoea, respiratory illnesses in some affected people.
Although the virus does not usually infect people, it can cause fever, diarrhoea, respiratory illnesses in some affected people.
At least six more birds died here on Monday due to Avian flu, taking the death toll of migratory birds from the disease to 64.
Amidst the recent menace of bird flu in the national capital, the Supreme Court today pulled up the Arvind Kejriwal-driven Aam Aadmi Party government and all the concerned powers in Delhi to devise a methodical
With eight more birds succumbing to avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, authorities have shut down Delhi Zoo and city’s infamous Deer Park and warned people not to touch any dead bird.
Agartala: With a fresh outbreak of bird flu being reported in Tripura, the mass culling of more than 8,000 chicken and ducks began on Saturday in the western part of the state, officials said."We have
Imphal: Bird flu or avian influenza has resurfaced in northeastern state of Manipur and the culling of poultry fowl began on Monday, official said.Manipur Chief Secretary PC Lawmkunga told reporters: "Samples of sick poultry birds
Guangzhou: Two more cases of humans being infected by the H7N9 bird flu strain was reported from China's Guangdong province Wednesday, bringing the number of people infected by the virus in the province to 25.According
Lagos: The Nigerian government Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in 11 states.Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, made the disclosure at an emergency meeting on avian influenza (bird flu) in Abuja,
Tokyo: Japan's Okayama prefecture Friday started culling around 200,000 chickens at a farm after a fourth bird flu outbreak, a media report said.The case was reported to the local livestock health centre by the farm
Chandigarh: Over the past fortnight, the thousands who used to throng the pretty Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh's famous tourist attraction, particularly over the weekends, are missing. This Sunday was no different.The boats, which were a major
Hong Kong: As many as 15,000 chickens will be culled in Hong Kong to prevent an outbreak of bird flu, authorities said Wednesday.Authorities said the chickens at the Cheung Sha Wan market will be slaughtered
Jind (Har): At least 14 ducks were today found dead in a pond in Gatauli village here, creating panic among villagers in the wake of recent death of a goose from Sukhna lake in Chandigarh
Kendrapara (Odisha): Authorities have sounded a bird flu alert even as migratory birds continue to throng the Bhitarkanika national park here in Odisha's Kendrapara district.Forest department officials have been instructed to keep watch on birds,
Chandigarh: The famous Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh has been closed to tourists for the next 10 days from today, in view of bird flu scare, even as authorities culled nearly 110 geese in the lakh
Chandigarh: Chandigarh's Sukhna Lake was cordoned off early on Thursday after a sample from a dead duck tested positive for the H5N1 (avian or bird flu) virus.Police and paramilitary personnel with masks on their faces
Rome: Highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu strain was reported at a turkey farm in northern Italy, media reported on Wednesday.The outbreak was "ascertained" by local health authorities at the farm, which is located near the
Alappuzha/Thiruvananthapuram: The strain of avian influenza that caused deaths of thousands of duck in the three districts of Kerala has been identified as H5N1, which could also spread to human beings though the infection caused
The Hague: An outbreak of bird flu was detected at a third Dutch poultry farm, the country's ministry of economic affairs announced on Friday.The latest outbreak occurred at a poultry farm in Kamperveen and the
London: The strain of bird flu found at a British farm in north England has been identified as H5N8, the same as the one recently identified in the Netherlands and Germany, authorities said on Tuesday.The
Kathmandu: An outbreak of bird flu in a district near the Nepalese capital prompted authorities to cull nearly 54,000 chickens, officials said today. On Wednesday, the government declared Bhaktapur district, 13 km east of Kathmandu,
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