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Bird Flu on the Rise

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Bird Flu on the Rise
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April 6: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has requested poultry farmers and businessmen to stay on high alert since the outbreak of bird flu. The ministry warned that the infection is on the rise. Bird flu has spread in 13 districts in the last two months. The situation has gone out of hand after the government failed to take appropriate steps to control the infection.

Spokesperson of the Ministry, Prakash Kumar Sanjel said that the number of bird flu cases has increased this year as compared to previous years. The infection rate is more widespread than estimated by the Ministry and the Department of Livestock Services this year. That is why Sanjel insisted that all stakeholders need to be highly alert.

He said that they face manpower crunch and lack of budget to stop the infection even though the infection rate is increasing day by day. The department has allocated a budget of Rs 12.1 million this year for infection prevention and compensation. But looking at the current state of infection, it is estimated that Rs 100 million is needed to control it.

According to the department, bird flu has been confirmed in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Chitwan, Makwanpur, Sindhupalchowk, Kaski, Morang, Udayapur, Sunsari, Bara, Parsa and Dhanusha so far. The department has issued a notice urging all poultry traders to be more alert and not to move livestock and meat from the infected areas to other places. The departments’ spokesperson Dr Chandra Dhakal said that the infection is spreading in large farms and it is becoming difficult for a limited number of people to control the spread of the disease.

 

 

 

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