Maharashtra: 12 birds found dead in Thane, state on high alert

Amid the outbreak of bird flu in several states across the nation, around 10-12 birds were found dead in the Thane of Maharashtra on Wednesday. However the sample of  the bird carcasses have tested negative for bird flu.

Maharashtra Minister for Animal Husbandry Sunil Kedar said, we are on alert as avian influenza has caused deaths of hundreds of birds in states of Kerala, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Around 10-12 birds had died in Thane, samples of carcasses have tested negative for bird flu.

In 2006, a H5N1 virus outbreak was reported in Nandurbar and Dhule districts in north Maharashtra, which had affected thousands of birds.

Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, India has reported the emergence of bird flu since last week. The presence of the virus is confirmed in the dead birds in Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh while Rajasthan and Gujarat, too, have a strong suspicion of avian influenza in dead birds.

We are on alert as avian influenza has caused deaths of hundreds of birds in states of Kerala, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Around 10-12 birds had died in Thane, samples of carcasses have tested negative for bird flu: Maharashtra Minister for Animal Husbandry Sunil Kedar pic.twitter.com/tN9juTZC7z

— ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2021