Breaking News LIVE Updates, April 18: A bird flu outbreak reported at two places in Kerala’s Alappuzha on Thursday. The outbreak was confirmed in ducks raised in an area of ward 1 of Edathva Grama Panchayat and another area in ward 3 of Cheruthana Grama Panchayat. Samples from ducks displaying symptoms of bird flu were sent to a lab in Bhopal for testing and the results confirmed the presence of avian influenza (H5N1), according to a district administration official. Alappuzha District Animal Husbandry officer Sajeev Kumar K.R. told The Hindu that the presence of the H5N1 subtype of the Influenza A virus has been reported in ducks at Edathua and Cheruthana in Kuttanad region.
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