Ramadoss Says Bird Flu Death Toll Among Poultry Has Decreased

January 30, 2008 at 6:08 PM Bird Flu News
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Ramadoss Says Bird Flu Death Toll Among Poultry Has Decreased
It seems that the poultry deaths due to bird flu has decreased in West Bengal according to the Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss.

"It is a fact that the natural disease mortality has declined in West Bengal due to bird flu. Lesser number of birds are dying due to the disease,” Ramadoss told reporters here.

He also expressed confidence that the State and Central Governments “would be able to contain the disease.”

Ramadoss expressed his satisfaction over the steps being taken by the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Government to contain the outbreak.

He also said that the Centre has accepted all the requests send by the State Government for monetary and other help.

Ramadoss said that the government is also trying to find out a compensation package for the poultry industry.

Meanwhile, the Central Government has sought details from neighbouring Bangladesh on the strain of bird flu virus affecting the poultry in that country.

“On the issue of Bangladesh we have been asking the External Affairs Ministry to coordinate with the Bangladesh Government and also the World Health Organisation (WHO) to find out what strain Bangladesh has been afflicted with,”

Ramadoss told reporters.

“Once we cull the birds and do away with them and if again the infection comes we need to know where it has come from,” he added.

The total number of bird-flu hit districts in the state has gone up to 13 out of 19, despite the culling of birds being taken up on a war footing.

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