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Central Govt.Supports UT Chandigarh in Managing Avian Influenza H5N1

[New Delhi] Central Govt.Supports Chandigarh in Managing Avian Flu
Shri JP Nadda ,Today,directed central team to visit Chandigarh to support the UT in managing Avian Flu
Further to the reports of deaths of wild birds at Sukhna lake in Chandigarh, and notification by the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (DAHDF), Government of India regarding outbreak of Avian Influenza H5N1 among the wild birds of Sukhna Lake on 17 December 2014,Shri Nadda, directed immediate dispatch of a central team of three members to visit and technically assist the Union Territory of Chandigarh in managing Avian Influenza, and for preventing this from affecting humans.
The central team was deputed on 18 December 2014. The team has visited the affected areas and initiated a micro plan to prevent human cases of Avian Influenza.
This includes active house to house surveillance to detect persons who may have got exposed to the infected birds.
Minister Denied human case of Avian Influenza in this outbreak.