No report of bird flu in Punjab so far, govt orders surveillance of suspected cases ANI | Updated: Jan 07, 2021 23:29 IST
Chandigarh [India], January 7 (ANI): The Punjab Government has sounded an alert to keep the state safe from the possible effect of the outbreak in its neighbouring states, according to an official release.
It is to mention that the state has not reported any case of avian influenza or bird flu.
The Centre had already confirmed that bird flu cases were reported across 12 epicentres in at least four states, including neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, besides 4 lakh chicken deaths reported in Haryana s Panchkula district, read the release.
7866
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, December 16
Ludhiana, which has assumed the dubious distinction of the Covid capital of Punjab, with maximum number of infections and deaths in the state, has geared up for undertaking the massive vaccination drive against the virus. Frontline health workers will be covered in the first phase, the registration for which has begun in the district.
Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said here today that the Covid vaccine was likely to reach this month-end or in the first week of January, following which the registered frontline workforce would be vaccinated.
He said private health workers and medical practitioners, willing to get vaccinated, could get themselves registered online or at the Civil Surgeon office.