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Bird Flu: Delhi govt bans sale of processed, packaged chicken brought from outside city

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Gitanjali Mangal
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Bird Flu: Delhi govt bans sale of processed, packaged chicken brought from outside city
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Bird flu Outbreak: After Delhi confirmed the cases of bird flu in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday urged Delhiites not to panic.
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publive-image Also Read | Air India flight with all-women cockpit crew successfully lands In a major announcement, the Delhi government announced a ban on the sale of processed and packaged chicken brought from outside Delhi. Manish Sisodia claimed that only samples of duck from Sanjay Lake have tested positive for the flu in Delhi. However, reports of other samples are yet to come. Manish Sisodia orders testing at hotspots: Poultry markets hit by bird flu scare, prices dip | Cities News,The Indian Express In an order to contain the spread of flu in Delhi or avian influenza, Manish Sisodia announced that the Delhi government has put a ban on the sale of processed and packaged chicken brought from outside Delhi. He assured people that the Delhi government is trying hard to contain the spread of flu. He added that people should not panic as the virus does not transmit between humans.
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Also Read | Abhay Chautala threatens to resign if farm laws not repealed Earlier on Monday, the Delhi Animal Husbandry Department’s director Rakesh Singh had claimed that all eight samples sent to Bhopal's National Institute of High-Security Animal Disease from the national capital last week returned positive for bird flu. Bird Flu : Manish Sisodia Said - Ban On Processed Chicken, Do Not Panic Non-veg And Egg Eaters - Bird Flu : मनीष सिसोदिया बोले - प्रोसेस्ड चिकन पर रोक, न घबराएं These samples include four from a park in Mayur Vihar Phase 3, 3 from Sanjay Lake, and one from Dwarka. publive-imageMeanwhile, Hauz Khas Park, Dwarka Sector 9 Park, Hastsal Park in Delhi have been closed for a while. Even as the poultry market in Ghazipur has also been shut temporarily. Besides Delhi, bird flu has been confirmed in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. -PTC News-
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