The central rapid response team from health ministry is assisting the local health authorities since the outbreak of the highly infectious disease in poultry was notified on January 19, in the Hospital Road locality of Ravangla Municipality in South Sikkim District. The situation is being monitored on a daily basis and daily reports are received from the Control Room established in Ravangla. MORE...
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Enough equipments to Sikkim Govt to contain birdflu
at 9:04 AM Labels: sikkim, sikkim bird flu, sikkim birdflu, sikkim newsGangtok, Sikkim Jan. 23: Health workers today completed the culling of chickens at Rabongla in South Sikkim where bird-flu had been detected.
The three-day operation saw 3,961 chickens being killed, 2,299 eggs destroyed and Rs 3.1 lakh being distributed as compensation to farmers living in a 3km radius of Rabongla.
“Tomorrow, we will begin mopping-up operations and carry out sanitation and surveillance in the affected areas,” said South Sikkim collector D. Anandan. MORE...
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