No new case of bird flu reported in in Alappuzha and Kottayam districts Updated: Updated: Surveillance to continue on 10-km radius of hotspots Share Article AAA Exercising caution: A team of health experts visiting a bird flu affected area in Alappuzha district on Thursday. | Photo Credit: - Surveillance to continue on 10-km radius of hotspots The avian influenza (H5N8) outbreak in Alappuzha and Kottayam districts is under control, K.M. Dileep, Director of Animal Husbandry, has said. Mr. Dileep said no fresh case of bird flu had been reported from anywhere in the State. “Bird culling and sanitisation of the infected areas have been completed. If birds are found dead, samples will be sent for testing,” he told