Bird Flu in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Hens at a chicken stall in Bengaluru have contracted Bird Flu. Even the NIHSD Laboratory has confirmed H5N1 virus in the dead hens causing some amount of panic among members of the general public.
Several hens had died at a chicken stall at Dasarahalli in Yelahanka in Bengaluru on December 25. Samples of these birds were then sent to the Bhopal NIHSD lab which has now confirmed the virus strain.
A team of officials immediately visited the chicken stall and also ordered shutting down of nearby chicken stalls as a precautionary measure.
Meanwhile, the area in the one km radius of the Dasarahalli Bhuvaneshwari Nagar has been declared an infected area while the area within the radius of one to 10 kms has been kept on alert.
BBMP Health officials have said that there was no need for panic as things were under control.
Precautionary measure : As a precautionary measure general public should not consume chicken which is not boiled at a temperature above 70 degree Celsius. Even half baked chicken or eggs should not be consumed.
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5 schoolchildren among 7 killed in blast in southwest Pakistan
Islamabad (PTI): At least seven people, including five schoolchildren and a policeman, were killed on Friday in a remote-controlled blast in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, according to media reports.
The blast occurred at 8.35 am near a school at the Civil Hospital Chowk of the Mastung district of the province, Dawn newspaper reported.
“It appears that an IED (improvised explosive device) attached to a motorcycle was detonated near a police mobile,” Kalat Division Commissioner Naeem Bazai was quoted as saying in the report.
“So far, seven individuals have been killed, including five school students,” Bazai said. At least 22 people were injured in the attack.
Most of those injured were schoolchildren, Geo News reported, adding that they were shifted to a nearby hospital.
A police van and several auto-rickshaws were damaged in the explosion, according to the report.
An emergency was declared across all Quetta hospitals after the blast, the report said quoting the provincial health department spokesperson, adding that all doctors, pharmacists, staff nurses and other medical staff were summoned.
