Rajasthan

Reports of over 50 bird deaths received by Delhi govt, samples sent for testing, say officials

Over 400 birds found dead in Rajasthan amid avian influenza outbreak

9:46 pm January 10, 2021

Jaipur: Amid an outbreak of bird flu, over 400 birds, mostly crow, were found dead in different parts of Rajasthan on Sunday, officials said. With the 428 fresh deaths, the number of birds that have died in the past few days reached 2,950 in the state. So far, 51 samples of dead birds from 13 districts have […]

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Bird flu confirmed in 7 states; test results of Delhi, Maharashtra samples awaited

9:05 pm January 10, 2021

New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday said bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in seven states — Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, while test results are still awaited for Delhi and Maharashtra samples. No samples have been confirmed positive in wild birds from Balod district, Chhattisgarh which were tested earlier, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying said in a statement. After confirmation of avian influenza (bird […]

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Bird flu scare: Delhi bans import of live birds; Ghazipur poultry market, Sanjay Lake shut

10:41 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday announced a ban on import of live birds and closure of the city’s biggest poultry market at Ghazipur after more avian deaths were reported in the national capital where three recreational parks and the famous Sanjay Lake were shut. Addressing an online media briefing, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said while no confirmed case has so far […]

Bird flu confirmed in 7 states; samples from Delhi, Maha, Chhattisgarh sent for testing

9:36 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday said the outbreak of bird flu or avian influenza has been reported in Uttar Pradesh, taking the total number of affected states to seven. However, the confirmation of bird flu in Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, is awaited as the samples have been sent for testing, it said. Besides Uttar Pradesh, the other six states where bird flu is confirmed […]

Bird flu scare: 24 crows found dead in Jasola park, 10 ducks die at Sanjay Lake

4:23 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi: Amid bird flu scare in the national capital, at least 24 crows have been found dead at a district park in south Delhi’s Jasola in the past three days and 10 ducks have died at the famous Sanjay Lake, officials said on Sunday. The DDA, which owns a large number of parks in the city, said authorities are monitoring […]