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India Declares itself “Avian Influenza Free”

September 7 , 2019 1823 days 1574 0
  • India has been declared free of Avian Influenza (H5N1).
  • According to Animal Husbandry Department, with effect from September 3, the OIE-World Organisation for Animal Health declared the country free of the virus
  • Avian Influenza was first reported from Hongkong in 1997.
  • India too has had multiple outbreaks since 2005.
  • India was last declared free of the disease in 2017. After subsequent outbreaks, India is declared free of the disease for the second time.

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