Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Kottayam district

In a large stroke to poultry farmers, authorities person confirmed the beingness of a highly pathogenic avian influenza microorganism successful Kottayam district. According to officials from the Animal Husbandry department, preventive measures person been intensified aft avian influenza (H5N1) was confirmed successful ward 16 of Udayanapuram grama panchayat successful Vaikom taluk. District Collector Chetan Kumar Meena convened a gathering of the District Disaster Management Authority, which decided to cull poultry banal and different home birds wrong a 1-km radius of the affected area, pursuing prescribed protocols. While the country wrong a 1-km radius of the corruption tract has been declared an infected zone, a 10-km radius has been declared a surveillance zone.

In summation to Udayanapuram panchayat, the sale, transport, and usage of eggs, meat, manure and different poultry products from ducks, chickens, quails, and different domesticated birds person been banned for 3 days successful section assemblage areas falling wrong a 10-km radius. These see Vaikom municipality, Chempu, Maravanthuruthu, TV Puram, Thalayazham, Kallara, Thalayolaparambu, and Kaduthuruthy.