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English Release 20-June 2013
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- Cabinet
- Restructuring Centrally Sponsored Schemes in the Twelfth Five Year Plan – recommendations of the GoM
- Min of Health and Family Welfare
- Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare to inaugurate Private Ward
at LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
- Min of Home Affairs
- Rescue and Relief Operations in Flood Affected Areas of Northern India
- Rescue and Relief Operations in Flood Affected Areas of Northern India
- Min of Petroleum & Natural Gas
- International crude oil price of Indian Basket rises to 104.01/US$ bbl on 19.6.2013
- Min of Statistics & Programme Implementation
- Key Indicators of Household Consumer Expenditure in India, 2011-12
- Key Indicators of Employment and Unemployment in India, 2011-12
- Planning Commission
- Restructuring Centrally Sponsored Schemes in the Twelfth Five Year Plan – recommendations of the GoM
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare02-January, 2009 14:43 IST
| Status report on Avian Influenza in Assam and
West Bengal as on 1.1.2009
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West Bengal
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, GOI has notified Avian Influenza Outbreak in Englishbazar block, Malda District of West Bengal on 15.12.2008. Ten days post – culling, active house-to-house surveillance has been completed and passive surveillance is on.
Assam
The first notification of Avian Influenza in Assam was in Hajo block of Kamrup district on 27.11.2008. Since then 17 other epicenters have been notified. The last notification was on 24.12.2008. For the past one week no new centres have been notified.
Brief of containment operations
• Culling activities has been completed in all earlier notified blocks. Mopping up and sanitization are underway. So far a total of 4,32,948 birds have been culled.
• A total of 326 Animal Health workers, who were deployed for the culling activity are on Chemoprophylaxis.
Surveillance
• Central government RRTs is covering the epicenters notified on 24.12.2008. They are working with the state RRT teams.
• Active house to house surveillance for 10 days post culling/ mopping is over in Rajabazar [Hajo block], Sarpara [Rampur], Central Chick farm [Khanapara] in Kamrup district, Katajhar [Gobardhana block] of Barpeta District, Khelwari Para pt II [Boitamari Block] of Bongaigaon district and Kathla [Paschim Nalbari] of Nalbari District. In these areas passive surveillance is continuing.
• In the remaining affected areas active house to house surveillance is being followed in 0-3 km zone In 3-10 km area surveillance is conducted in phases. As per the reports received, a population of 2,58,685 was covered in 0-3 Km area and 1,35,018 in 3-10 km area.
• 53 cases of Upper Respiratory Infection [URI] with fever were detected [25 in 0-3 Km and 28 in 3-10 Km]. None of them had history of handling dead or sick birds.
• 38 cases of URI with fever in the outpatient department were detected in the identified health facilities.
• 808 Health Workers are deployed for surveillance.
Logistics
40,000 capsules of Tamiflu, 12,000 surgical masks, 1200 personal protective equipments, 400 N-95 masks, 50 bottles of tamiflu syrup and 8 ventilators have been supplied by MoHFW. Sufficient anti-viral drugs and PPE are in stock with the State Government.
Communication
• Messages to create public awareness are being telecast/ broadcast in local channels and AIR.
• Local campaign such as miking and interpersonal communication is followed in all epicenters.
Monitoring
• The situation is being monitored on a daily basis.
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DS/GK/Flu/429
(Release ID :46337)
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