Last Updated on December 30, 2025 7:11 pm by INDIAN AWAAZ
AMN / NEWS DESK
Strict measures have been taken in Alappuzha district in Kerala to bring the avian flu situation under control. After samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, an emergency meeting was convened, and containment measures were immediately initiated.
Poultry within a one-kilometre radius of the epicentre were ordered to be culled, and around 28 thousand birds were culled within two days. Meanwhile, the Alappuzha District Collector announced that the sale and consumption of poultry products have been banned within a ten-kilometre radius of the affected area.
Officials from the animal husbandry department have ordered the culling of poultry birds within a 1-km radius of the epicentre.
During the past two days, around 28,000 birds were culled.
Bird flu is a highly infectious and severe respiratory disease in birds caused by the H5N1 influenza virus, which can occasionally infect humans as well.