Influenza, or flu, and air pollution are significant public health risks that impact nations around the world with large economic consequences. The authors of this paper show that increased levels of air pollution significantly increase the rate of hospitalisation for people with flu. In addition, they find that protection afforded …
Health Ministry Rushes Team Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: The Union health ministry has rushed a three-member team from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases to Sikkim after it became the third state in the country to report an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu this year. West …
Snehamoy Chakraborty RAMPURHAT, Jan. 18: Now that the deadly H5N1 virus has reared its ugly head in the state once again, the health department has asked authorities of the Rampurhat SD Hospital to keep its isolation ward ready to tackle possible outbreaks of Bird Flu in the area. However, since …
KOLKATA: West Bengal will soon get a Bio-Security Level III Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, which will considerably decrease the time span to examine avian flu samples and detect the disease.
Bird flu or Avian influenza is a viral zoonotic disease caused by influenza virus. It transmits from bird to human being and vice-versa, hence it is under the group of zoonotic disease. It creates havoc at present in different parts of Assam, mainly in the greater Kamrup district. It is …
OUR CORRESPONDENT A health worker sprinkles bleaching powder in Matigara block on Wednesday. (Kundan Yolmo) Siliguri, Jan. 7: Culling of poultry birds was completed last night in the Siliguri subdivision and the Rajganj block in the adjoining Jalpaiguri district where avian influenza had been detected on January 3. Sarad Dwivedi, …
Chickens being culled at Bidhannagar Market in Siliguri on Monday. (Kundan Yolmo) Siliguri, Jan. 5: More than 15,000 birds were culled in the subdivision till 9.30pm today with people eager to get rid of the H5N1 virus at the earliest. Unlike Malda, there was no resistance in parting with the …
OUR CORRESPONDENT Chickens being culled in Kamrangaguri in Jalpaiguri district on Sunday. (Kundan Yolmo) Siliguri, Jan. 4: The sale of poultry and eggs has been banned within 10km of the bird flu-affected areas of Matigara. The entire Siliguri town and Rajganj block of Jalpaiguri district will come under the ban.
OUR CORRESPONDENT Siliguri, Jan. 2: The Siliguri subdivisional administration has formed teams to search for dead chickens after 50 poultry birds were reported dead in Matigara over the past one week. However, it is yet to be confirmed if the poultry had died of bird flu, said Sarad Dwibedi, the …
climate change Poznan talks begin Delegates from 186 nations congregated in the Polish city of Poznan on December 1 to negotiate a new climate change treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. Ministers discussed their vision for long-term cooperative action and emphasized the economic slowdown should not overshadow the …
SHILLONG: The Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department (AHVD) will conduct post-operative surveillance on fowls in areas from three to ten kilometers of Meghalaya's side of Khanapara on December 29 to collect samples to see if bird flu has spread to local poultry from Assam. According to AHVD Director Dr Daurupathan …
Culling will resume in the bird flu-hit areas of Malda tomorrow, two days after the government announced the job was over. Animal resource development director Kamala Kanta Saha, who was here today to see how well the job had been done, saw chickens hopping around, instead.
At a time when Bird Flu outbreaks are being reported in the state, the state government failed to send blood samples to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) in Bhopal for confirmation of the disease. It may be mentioned here an above average mortality of poultry birds was reported …
State Government today reiterated its assertion that it has been conducting anti-bird flu drive in response to the instructions issued by the Union Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries after the poultry samples sent from the State tested positive of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus at …
BALASORE: Even as the district veterinary officials have culled nearly 4,000 chicks here, that were illegaly transported from West Bengal, locals are hardly scared of the possible outbreak of bird flu. As per reports, Balasore district has 332 poultry farms and around 2.5 lakh chickens in each of these farms, …
At least four culling personnel were taken ill during culling and mopping operations in Malda last evening. One of them Mohd Ellius was admitted to the isolation ward for observation. According to the Malda CMOH, Dr Srikanta Roy, Mohd Ellius was suffering from abdominal pain.
Alarmed by the outbreak of avian flu in Assam, Tripura Government on Saturday imposed a complete ban on importing poultry products from the neighbouring State. Tripura, which had to struggle in April this year following outbreak of bird flu had been declared as avian flu free in October. Though there …
