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<ul><li>Kerala’s Minister of Forests, Wildlife Protection and Animal husbandry K Raju has confirmed the development saying that five of the eight samples have been confirmed for the virus. </li><li>As a precautionary measure to stop the spread of the virus, as many as 48,000 birds will be culled in the state. </li><li>The states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh too are on high alert as hundreds of crows dropped dead. </li></ul><keyword id="95867" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bird-flu">Bird flu</keyword> scare has taken over the country as hundreds of birds across the states of Kerala, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh have dropped dead. And now, according to <a href="https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=465675&amp;u=bird-flu-confirmed-in-state-to-cull-nearly-48000-birds-on-high-alert">reports</a>, Kerala has confirmed the return of the virus H5N8. Kerala’s Minister of Forests, Wildlife Protection and Animal husbandry K Raju has confirmed the development saying that five of the eight samples have been confirmed for the virus. The virus is currently constrained within the areas of Alappuzha and Kottayam and no human transmission has been reported as of now. As a precautionary measure to stop the spread of the virus, as many as 48,000 birds will be culled in the state. According to <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/kerala/story/bird-flu-virus-kerala-alappuzha-kottayam-alert-1755736-2021-01-04">reports</a>, over 12,000 ducks have died in the state already. However, the bird flu scare hasn’t just taken over Kerala. The states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh too are on high alert as hundreds of crows dropped dead. Rajasthan Animal Husbandry Minister Lalchand Kataria had also<a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rajasthan-minister-calls-for-emergency-meet-over-bird-flu-2347180"> called </a>for an emergency meeting stating that the emergence of bird flu strains is a “serious matter”. The central government had also <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bird-flu-virus-detected-in-scores-of-dead-crows-centre-issues-alert-to-states-over-fatal-spread-1755446-2021-01-03">issued an alert</a> to all states. The bird flu virus or Avian flu is known to be highly contagious and an outbreak had already been recorded in the states of Kerala and Karnataka earlier this year. Kerala has been struggling with the virus with repeated outbreaks <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/alappuzha-duck-farmers-a-worried-lot/article31070823.ece">since 2014, since which</a> over 10 lakh ducks have been culled.

Bird flu scare: 48,000 birds will be culled in Kerala while Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on high alert

<keyword id="6354779" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jaipur">Jaipur</keyword>, <keyword id="95867" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bird-flu">Bird flu</keyword> has spread its tentacles to 15 of the 33 <keyword id="68358" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="districts">districts</keyword> in <keyword id="6355588" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="rajasthan">Rajasthan</keyword>, with over 3,000 birds found dead in the state till date, officials said on Tuesday. <keyword id="97340" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jaipur-Zoo">Jaipur zoo</keyword> has been closed following the death of four birds. Chief Wildlife Warden Mohanlal Meena said that four Black Starks and a few ducks were found dead on Monday at the zoo, following which the zoo was sanitised and closed. A few birds were also found ill. Their samples have been sent to a Bhopal lab for tests. Bird flu or <keyword id="109029" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="avian-influenza">avian influenza</keyword> was confirmed in the districts of Jaipur, Dausa, Sawai Madhopur, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, <keyword id="81146" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chittorgarh">Chittorgarh</keyword>, Pali, Baran, Kota, Banswara, Sirohi and Pratapgarh. On Monday, bird flu was confirmed in Tonk and Karauli as well. In the last 24 hours, 264 more crows were found dead, taking the total crows that died of suspected bird flu till date in the state to around 2,500. In all, 180 peacocks, 190 pigeons too have died in Rajasthan. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/ecommerce/news/radhakishan-damani-dmart-ready-takes-cautious-steps-against-jiomart-and-amazon/articleshow/80209971.cms">Pitted against JioMart, Amazon and others, Radhakishan Damani’s DMart has opted for “controlled acceleration” in e-commerce</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/oyo-cashes-in-another-cheque-from-swedish-billionaire-martin-hp-sderstrm-for-its-vacation-homes-business-in-europe/articleshow/80214916.cms">OYO cashes in another cheque from Swedish billionaire Martin HP Söderström for its vacation homes business in Europe</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/how-to/how-to-backup-and-restore-messages-in-signal-app/articleshow/80226649.cms">How to backup and restore messages in Signal app</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/whatsapp-says-your-privacy-wont-be-affected-if-you-dont-use-these-features/articleshow/80225748.cms">WhatsApp says your privacy won't be affected if you don't use these two optional features</a>

Jaipur zoo shut down as bird flu spread to 15 districts in Rajasthan

Shimla, With the toll of migratory waterbirds rising to over 1,800, and almost half of them being endangered bar-headed goose visiting the Pong wetlands, the Himachal Pradesh wildlife authorities on Monday suspected avian influenza as the cause. Chief Conservator Wildlife of Pong wetlands -- one of the largest in northern India, Upasna Patyal, told the reason for the deaths is still a mystery. Their carcasses have been sent to different laboratories to determine the cause of death. "The death of birds could be attributed to bird flu. We are expecting to get results by Tuesday evening. As a protocol, we have imposed prohibitory orders," she said. The local administration has already sounded an alert by banning all the human activities within 10-km radius of the Pong wetlands in Kangra district. The bird flu can spread to human beings and turn fatal. Besides the bar-headed goose, the other species were the shoveler, the river tern, the black-headed gull and the common teal. Some birds -- including the bar-headed goose -- were seen acting strangely before their deaths, she said. "When you're seeing that birds are not able to take the flight despite healthy wings, it's really disturbing. At some distance, you find their carcasses," she said. The bird carcasses were sent to the <keyword id="94112" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Veterinary-Research-Institute">Indian Veterinary Research Institute</keyword> in Bareilly, the <keyword id="1307352" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Regional-Disease-Diagnostic-Laboratory">Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory</keyword> in Jalandhar and the <keyword id="66267" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Wildlife-Institute-of-India">Wildlife Institute of India</keyword> in Dehradun to know their cause of death. The <keyword id="6355588" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="rajasthan">Rajasthan</keyword> government last week sounded an alert after confirmation of avian influenza in crows that died in Jhalawar district. Indore in Madhya Pradesh has also reported death of crows. The mass mortality of poultry birds was reported at one of the largest poultry belt at Barwala near Panchkula in <keyword id="41646" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Haryana">Haryana</keyword>. According to the Bird Count India, a partnership comprising organizations and groups, over the past seven-10 days there have been reports of wild birds dying in separate incidents at different locations in the country. That wild birds die is not necessarily worrying. But it is possible that some of these recent deaths are out of the ordinary, with large numbers dying or reports of diagnoses of H5N1 (avian influenza). At the moment, no-one knows whether these are causes of larger concern, but it is worth keeping an eye on the situation, it said. "If you encounter a wild bird that is dead or dying, do not approach it, and under any circumstances do not touch it given the possibility (however small) that it might be infected with avian influenza. H5N1 is a highly contagious virus that can cause severe illness in people," it warned. Sensing gravity of the situation, Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) scientist K.S. Gopi Sundar told that it's something an alarming situation. "We are getting reports of death of birds in nature across India. It's likely to be a disease because the deaths are occurring in multiple locations involving multiple species. It is a dangerous situation and needs multi-stakeholder intervention on priority," he said. At the Pong wetlands, preliminary findings of their post mortem have ruled out poisoning as the cause of their death, wildlife officials said. Every <keyword id="46788" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Winter">winter</keyword>, the Pong wetlands are home to over 100,000 birds of nearly 114 species. Among them the bar-headed goose, the northern pintail, the Eurasian coot, the common teal, the common pochard, the northern shoveler, the great cormorant, the Eurasian wigeon and the ruddy shelduck are notable. According to the <keyword id="99884" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bombay-Natural-History-Society">Bombay Natural History Society</keyword> (BNHS), the Pong wetlands are the one wintering grounds in the globe to hold such a large congregation of bar-headed geese. Most of the wetlands in India have been regularly getting bar-headed geese every winter. But Pong is the only habitat that holds the largest influx of bar-headed geese every winter, a BNHS ornithologist said. 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Bird flu scare reaches Himachal Pradesh as 1,800 migratory birds drop dead

New Delhi, Bird flu has been confirmed in seven states of the country so far, namely Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh, while test reports of unsual death of birds received from Chhattisgarh, <keyword id="13126" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</keyword> and Delhi are awaited, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and <keyword id="4161976" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="dairying">Dairying</keyword> said on Saturday. As per a statement issued by the ministry, after confirmation of avian influenza (AI) positive samples by the ICAR-NIHSAD from two poultry farms in Panchkula district in Haryana, positive cases of bird flu in migratory birds were reported in Shivpuri, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Agar and Vidisha district in Madhya Pradesh, the zoological park in Kanpur, and Pratapgarh and Dausa districts of Rajasthan. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAH&amp;D) has issued an advisory to the affected states so as to avoid further spread of the disease. Reports of unusual mortality of birds in the past two days have also been received from Balod district in Chhattisgarh. The state has constituted RRT teams for emergency situation and has also sent the samples for testing to the designated laboratory. Further, reports of unusual mortality in ducks have been received from Sanjay Lake in Delhi. The samples have been sent to the designated laboratory for testing. Samples of dead crows have also been sent to <keyword id="2734927" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="NIHSAD">NIHSAD</keyword> from Mumbai, Thane, Dapoli, Parbhani, and <keyword id="101668" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Beed">Beed</keyword> districts of Maharashtra for confirmation of AI. Meanwhile, culling operations have been completed in both the affected districts of Kerala and post-operational surveillance program guidelines have been issued to the state. Central teams deployed to visit the affected states in Kerala, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for monitoring and for epidemiological investigation have reached their destinations, the DAH&amp;D said.

Bird flu confirmed in Kerala, Rajasthan, MP, HP, Haryana, Gujarat and UP

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh has been put on <keyword id="6393151" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="High-Alert">high alert</keyword> amid reports of <keyword id="95867" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bird-flu">bird flu</keyword> and districts have been given strict instructions to start culling <keyword id="4030131" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Infected-birds">infected birds</keyword> even if a single case is reported. Chief Minister <keyword id="43254" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Yogi-Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</keyword> has issued <keyword id="31739" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="directions">directions</keyword> to the animal husbandry department to formulate a plan of action for controlling the spread of the disease, especially as neighbouring states like Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, along with Kerala and Rajasthan, have already reported <keyword id="1295633" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="several-cases">several cases</keyword> and have taken up culling of birds. Bhuvnesh Kumar, principal secretary (animal husbandry), said: "So far, the infection has not been noticed in Uttar Pradesh but we have increased vigil and asked officials to be on high alert so that we do not allow the virus to spread, as and when it is reported in the state. The directorate has already sent a letter to all chief veterinary officers to remain alert to the threat while another letter with further directions will be sent by agriculture production commissioner <keyword id="4410720" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Alok-Sinha">Alok Sinha</keyword>." Kumar said that directions have been issued to implement controlling measures as soon as even one case of bird flu is reported, which implies culling. He said that it was imperative to avoid the spread of the virus to humans, which would complicate the already sensitive Covid-19 situation. "We will maintain strict watch over all water bodies where migratory birds are coming. The flu has been noticed in migratory birds and not poultry. However, to ensure that all bases are covered, we are taking special care to monitor poultry farms as well. The department collects samples from birds on a regular basis to check for any kind of disease but now we will intensify the checking," Kumar said. He added that there should be no panic about consumption of poultry as the government was taking all necessary precautions. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/top-stocks-to-watch-tcs-ril-maruti-airtel-godrej-properties-oberoi-realty-sobha-and-others/articleshow/80145182.cms">Top stocks to watch — TCS, RIL, Maruti, Airtel, Godrej Properties, Oberoi Realty, Sobha, and others</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/here-are-the-top-10-virus-and-diseases-that-could-cause-the-next-pandemic-if-they-arent-stopped-in-their-tracks/slidelist/80116787.cms">Diseases deadlier than COVID-19 are already in the making — here are the top ten candidates that could cause the next pandemic</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/analysts-explain-why-burger-king-and-mrs-bectors-shares-fell-with-a-thud-and-what-to-do-now/articleshow/80120941.cms">Analysts explain why Burger King and Mrs Bector’s shares fell with a thud — and what to do now</a>

Uttar Pradesh on high alert over bird flu scare — districts alerted to start culling infected birds even if a single case is reported

<keyword id="6358070" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="mumbai">Mumbai</keyword>, Avian influenza has been confirmed as the cause of death of different birds in <keyword id="270139" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Parbhani">Parbhani</keyword>, Mumbai, <keyword id="37647" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Thane">Thane</keyword>, <keyword id="101668" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Beed">Beed</keyword> and <keyword id="375688" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dapoli">Dapoli</keyword> in <keyword id="13126" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</keyword>, as per test reports of a Bhopal-based lab, a senior state government official said on Monday. However, it is "absolutely safe" to consume eggs or chicken as the virus cannot withstand cooking temperatures, and people need not worry as infection to humans due to <keyword id="95867" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bird-flu">bird flu</keyword> is "rarest of rare", state animal husbandry department secretary Anoop Kumar told . The official also said they would be increasing bio-safety measures in poultry farms so that there is no interface with wild birds. In the morning, Parbhani Collector Deepak Muglikar told that bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of death of around 900 hens at a poultry farm in Murumba village and the district administration has decided to cull nearly 8,000 birds in the village. Kumar said the animal husbandry department has already started implementing its action plan and the culling of birds will begin from Tuesday. He said 8,000 to 10,000 birds within one-km radius of the infected zone in Parbhani may be culled. According to the Bhopal-based ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), two crows from Mumbai died due to bird flu. Three pond egrets and a parrot from Thane were infected by the H5N1 avian influenza virus, the institute's test report said. Besides, a chicken and two herons from Parbhani too died of H5N1 avian influenza virus, while crows from Beed and Dapoli (in Ratnagiri district) were infected by H5N8 avian influenza virus, as per the report. "Our action plan implementation work has begun. We will be holding a review meeting with the chief minister (Uddhav Thackeray) in the evening," Kumar said. "We will get our strategies approved by the CM and start culling from tomorrow, especially in Parbhani where poultry birds have been found to be infected," he said. The government machinery, including district collectors and forest department, is on alert, he said. Kumar also said that people need not worry as infection to humans due to bird flu is "rarest of rare". The state government is also running a campaign to make people aware that it is safe to consume eggs and poultry products, because there is "absolutely no possibility" of infection due to eating them. "And our cooking temperature takes care of any kind of virus, not only flu virus...it is absolutely safe to eat eggs and chicken," he said. Talking to reporters in Jalna, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said his department is on alert in view of the bird flu cases found in the state. However, there is nothing to fear, he said and asked people to take care and be safe. Earlier, Parbhani Collector Muglikar said they have created a prohibitory zone in 10 km radius of the area where the birds died. "No birds will be transported from there to any other place. Our medical team is stationed there and it is examining all people of the village," he said. There is no need to be panic and the district administration is taking all precautions, he added. Meanwhile, the <keyword id="6360923" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Thane-municipal-corporation">Thane Municipal Corporation</keyword> has set up a control room to monitor the situation and appealed to people to promptly report any cases of bird deaths in the city. It will also work to pro-actively remove fear from the minds of citizens and give them appropriate information from time-to-time, a release from thhe civic body said. Bird flu cases have so far been confirmed in Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. 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