Shimla, Jan 18 (UNI) With confirmation of another strain of bird flu in poultry birds in Himachal Pradesh on Monday, Wildlife authorities sounded alert and ordered active surveillance to contain the outbreak.
More than 5,000 migratory birds and domestic birds died of Avian Influenza H5N1 virus
in the Pong Dam Wild life Sanctuary area and other places since confirmation of its outbreak on January 6, 2021.