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Punjab fully safe from Bird Flu till date : Vini Mahajan

No bird flu in Punjab till now: Mahajan
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (UNI) Punjab has had no case of Bird Flu till now, though the government is fully prepared to tackle any situation that may arise, said Punjab Chief Secretary Mrs Vini Mahajan on Thursday.
Mahajan said this after the meeting which she held with the senior officials of ten concerned departments in this regard today at the Chief Secretary Office.
Issuing strict instructions to all the concerned departments, she directed all to take precautionary measures as cases have been reported in adjoining states.
She said that all required logistics and funds including lab testing of suspected cases are available in the state to prevent the spread of Bird flu.
She also directed the Animal Husbandry Department to
withdraw Covid testing from NRDDL, Jalandhar and fully utilise the facilities at NRDDL for testing of Bird samples.
"Results of Bird Flu tests should be made available without any delay," directed the Chief Secretary.

During the meeting Mrs Vini Mahajan further directed all the concerned departments to work in coordination to tackle any crisis situation if it arises.
The police and Rural Development and Panchayts department have been asked to keep a close vigil in their respective areasIf
If any mass mortality of Poultry or other birds is found, they should immediately report it to the Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Department of their respective district. She also advised the departments to make people aware not to pay heed to rumors.

ACS Animal Husbandry Department Mr VK Janjua informed the Chief Secretary during the meeting that NRDDL has a capacity of testing 1500 samples in a dayHe
He said that NRDDL Lab
has a mandate to test samples of five North Indian states and three UTs. He also briefed that till date four samples of ducks from Tarn Taran, Punjab have been received in the lab. Earlier Haryana had sent four samples but there was no proper outcome of results, therefore the teams collected
57 more samples from Haryana and two samples of birds have been sent from Sukna Lake from Chandigarh.

All these results would be made available by tomorrow evening he said. He added that only two samples of birds sent by Himachal Pardesh have been found positive till date.

The senior officials from Animal Husbandry, Health and Family Welfare, Rural Development, Water Supply and Sanitation, Revenue and Rehablitation, Forest and Wildlife, Police Department, Director CPDO, Chandigarh and Vice Chancellor of GADVASU attended the meeting.
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