Bird Flu Outbreak: 3-Member Central Team Reaches Kerala to Assess Situation FOLLOW US ON: A three-member central team arrived here on Thursday to assess the situation arising out of the outbreak of bird flu in Alappuzha and Kottayam districts, official sources said. The team comprising Union Health Ministry's public health specialist Dr. Ruchi Jain, Pune National Institute of Virology scientist Dr. Shailesh Pawar and Delhi RML Hospital physician Dr. Anith Jindal held discussions with district authorities at the collectorate here, they said. Later, the team left for Karuvatta, one of the hotsp...