SoPs carried out at Eluru village after hen flu confirmed; Collector warns in opposition to spreading rumours

An animal husbandry official inspecting a poultry unit in Eluru district.
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Eluru Collector Okay. Vetriselvi has stated that rumours are doing the spherical, claiming that an individual hailing from the district has contracted hen flu.

She urged the folks to not imagine such ‘baseless rumours’ and panic. “There isn’t any proof of hen flu being transmitted to people in India to date,” she informed the media on Thursday. 

Ms. Vetriselvi stated that correctly cooked eggs and meat are secure for consumption and no circumstances of hen flu in people have been reported but. The Forest Division has additionally been alerted as a precautionary measure.

The Collector defined the measures taken within the district associated to hen flu. She talked about that after receiving a criticism about chickens dying at a poultry farm in Badampudi village in Unguturu mandal, the animal husbandry officers had been alerted.

Samples collected from the lifeless birds had been despatched to Nationwide Institute of Excessive Safety Animal Illnesses in Bhopal for testing, and the report arrived on Wednesday night, confirming the presence of hen flu.

Following this, the Normal Working Procedures (SOP) have been carried out. A coordination assembly with the district officers was held to evaluate the state of affairs.

A round the clock Command and Management Centre has been arrange with a toll-free quantity 9966779943 for the general public to report any uncommon deaths at poultry farms.

The Collector added that the world inside a kilometre radius of the affected poultry farm at Badampudi has been declared an contaminated zone and a 10-km radius has been designated as a surveillance zone. The birds within the contaminated zone have been ordered to be culled and buried to test the unfold of the an infection, she stated

In whole, 20 Speedy Response Groups (RRTs), comprising 5 members every, have been deployed for the culling course of. These groups have been supplied with the required protecting gear similar to PPE kits.

Additional, the individuals are being sensitised to the precautions that have to be taken in opposition to hen flu. Medical camps are being arrange inside the 10-km radius of the contaminated zone to offer antiviral therapy to birds exhibiting flu signs, she added.

Animal Husbandry Division Joint Director Dr. T. Govindaraju and DCHS Dr. Paul Satish participated within the assembly.