Karnataka on alert to contain bird flu spread, blocks poultry from Kerala ANI | Updated: Jan 06, 2021 13:55 IST Mysore (Karnataka) [India], January 6 (ANI): Karnataka is on high alert to contain the spread of avian influenza as it blocked entry of poultry and other birds from Kerala on Wednesday. The district administration at the Bodhi check post in the Kote taluk of Mysore-Kerala Border blocked the entry of poultry from Kerala following the bird flu outbreak in the state, informed Mysore District Collector Rohini Sindhuri. The step comes after avian flu took lives of thousands of ducks in Kerala. Both the state governments -- Kerala and Karnataka -- have been on alert since then.