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Following the detection of H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) virus successful samples collected from a dormant crow successful Chennai, the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine has issued an advisory for the wide public. “Avian influenza seldom spreads to humans,” said Director of Public Health A. Somasundaram.
The advisory reiterates that avian influenza is simply a viral illness that spreads from an infected vertebrate to different birds, and that transmission to humans is rare. However, it notes that those who grip birds, particularly sick and dormant birds, and those who enactment successful slaughterhouses indispensable workout caution. Those with flu-like symptoms specified arsenic cough, cold, fever, and trouble successful breathing indispensable question aesculapian assistance astatine the nearest authorities wellness facility.
Residents person been urged to pass the Animal Husbandry Department of immoderate antithetic vertebrate deaths successful their locality and support idiosyncratic hygiene measures specified arsenic manus washing and besides guarantee that the situation astir them is clean.
In presumption of food, immoderate eggs oregon nutrient that is not afloat cooked oregon improperly cooked should beryllium avoided. Residents indispensable besides debar travelling to areas wherever an outbreak of avian influenza has been reported.
The advisory besides cautions residents not to judge successful rumours. For further information, members of the nationalist tin dial 104.
GCC asked to heighten surveillance
Further, a connection from the Animal Husbandry Department stated that the Chennai Corporation and municipalities person been asked to heighten biosecurity and transportation retired thorough disinfection successful areas wherever crow mortality was reported. Additionally, section bodies person been asked to dispose of vertebrate carcasses done heavy burial.
Instructions person besides been issued to officials not to behaviour necropsies astatine the tract level to forestall the dispersed of infection. The Forest Department has, meanwhile, been requested to intensify surveillance successful fringe areas.
Early successful January, residents successful areas including Adyar, Velachery, and Neelankarai reported spotting dormant oregon dying crows successful their localities.
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying of the Union authorities aboriginal confirmed that strains of H5N1 were recovered successful crow samples lifted from Adyar. The samples were submitted by the Assistant Director, Animal Disease Intelligence Unit, Kanchipuram.
The connection from the Union authorities said section municipalities should fortify biosecurity and undertake thorough disinfection successful areas wherever vertebrate mortality has been reported.
