Bengaluru H5N1 outbreak: No human cases detected after 10-day surveillance

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Health authorities person directed each healthcare facilities successful Bengaluru to proceed surveillance for Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) cases, and to support capable stocks of idiosyncratic protective equipment. | Photo Credit: The Hindu

No quality cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) person been detected aft a 10-day intensive surveillance and containment cognition carried retired by the State Health Department, pursuing the outbreak astatine the State Poultry Rearing Training Centre successful Mathkuru village, Hesaraghatta adjacent Bengaluru connected April 14, 2026.

The outbreak was confirmed done laboratory investigating astatine the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, prompting contiguous deployment of State and territory Rapid Response Teams, on with teams from Hesaraghatta and Sonnenahalli Primary Health Centres.

Published - April 25, 2026 04:17 p.m. IST

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