Bhubaneswar: Poultry farms say coronavirus has no link with eating chicken or eggs

BHUBANESWAR: Members of All Odisha Poultry Forum (AOPF) and All Odisha Layer Farmers Association (AOLFA) on Wednesday appealed people of the state not to believe in the rumour spread by some people against eating of chicken and eggs.
“Some miscreants have started sharing a fake message which says that people may get infected if they eat chicken and eggs. But it is completely false and baseless information. Not a single organization including World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that people will get infected with coronavirus if they eat chicken and eggs,” said AOPF president Harmohan Das.
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He said because of the fake message and false information, thousands of poultry farmers are facing loss. “We were selling a life bird at around Rs 70, but now we have to sell it between Rs 35-40 per one life bird. It is a huge loss for thousands of poultry farmers in Odisha due to lack of demand,” he added.
AOLFA president Manas Mangaraj said they were selling an egg at Rs 3.40 last week, but now the rate has gone down. “We have to sell an egg at Rs 2.80 which is much less than the normal rate. Due to some fake news creators, the whole industry is facing a tough time. We have 151 egg laying farms in the state,” he added.
Members of both the associations requested the people not to get carried away by such rumours. Eat chicken and eggs like before and stop believing the fake news, they added.