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| Bird flu spreads further in WB |
| The bird flu has spread even further in West Bengal and has now been confirmed in Hooghly and Cooch Behar districts
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| INDIA
, 23-January-2008
9:15:6 AM |
| The bird flu has spread even further in West Bengal and has now been confirmed in Hooghly and Cooch Behar districts.
This raises the total number of districts affected by the outbreak to nine.
On Sunday, January 13 the deadly virus was detected in Birbhum district. Two days later on January 15, two other districts South Dinajpur and Murshidabad confirmed the virus.
By Friday, January 18 Bardhman and Nadia joined the list. Then on Sunday January 20 it was Bankura.
On Monday, Malda reported the spread of Bird Flu in the district and on Wednesday January 23 Hooghly and Cooch Bihar joined the list.
Alert calls
Meghalaya has sounded a high alert and an expert team is expected to reach the state on Thursday to oversee precautionary measures.
Meghalaya Chief Secretary Ranjan Chatterjee said an extensive awareness campaign has been launched to prevent an outbreak.
''All veterinary officials, especially those along the Bangladesh borders, have been asked to monitor the situation closely and take all possible preventive measures,'' he said.
With cross-border smuggling of poultry reportedly continuing in the Indo-Bangla border area, additional check gates have been set along the border.
The state government has already banned the entry of chickens from outside and has been inspecting those that have already entered.
An expert team from the Union Animal Husbandry and Health departments would reach Meghalaya tomorrow to assess the situation.
A BSF official said the state's borders with Bangladesh have been sealed and the authorities have instructed all its troops along the Indo-Bangla border to be on vigil
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