How to stay away from bird flu, experts explain

May 10, 2016

Bengaluru, May 10: Poultry farm workers must take precaution as they are easily affected by bird flu. While no cases have been reported in Bengaluru, it is ideal that safety measures be taken, doctors say.

bird fluDr Vijay Mohan Reddy, District Health Officer, Bengaluru Urban, said workers in poultry farms should use hand gloves and face masks to avoid coming in contact with the virus if the birds are affected. “If they see bird deaths, they should immediately report to the authorities concerned and get the area quarantined,” he said.

According to Dr Reddy, in human beings, the symptoms of Avian Influenza resemble any typical flu. “It is a self-limiting flu. But immunocompromised individuals, the aged, children, pregnant women and those with other ailments such as diabetes are easily affected,” he said.

Should anyone be suspected to be carrying the virus, blood samples should be immediately sent to the National Institute of Virology at Nimhans, Bengaluru, for examination. If the sample tests positive, the individual must be quarantined.

Dr Shivakumar, project co-ordinator, communicable diseases, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), said one of the primary precautions is to maintain hand hygiene. Consumption of raw meat and raw eggs must be avoided.

Personal hygiene is the key in containing this virus. Should any patient be admitted to a hospital with suspected avian flu, doctors, paramedics and staff nurses must ensure they themselves take precaution. They must wear hand gloves and avoid direct contact with the patients as the fever spreads easily through contact. They should wear the N95 masks while attending to the patient. They must not attend to any other patient without washing their hands thoroughly after seeing patients with this flu, he said.

According to Dr Shivakumar, many people may have developed resistance to H1N1 (Swine Flu) over the years, but it doesn't meant they have great immunity against H5N1 (Avian Flu) too. The typical symptoms of bird flu will be fever, body ache along with sever cold and cough. Sometimes patients may come with rashes too, he said.

Comments

Swathi
 - 
Tuesday, 10 May 2016

poultry farm owners should get vacines of birds flue as a precautionary measures

Mohan Rao
 - 
Tuesday, 10 May 2016

our scientist only created the disease and let them cure, all they need is business.

karan
 - 
Tuesday, 10 May 2016

please dont eat egg of this chickens LP

unknown
 - 
Tuesday, 10 May 2016

shut down all poultry in karnataka

Priyamani
 - 
Tuesday, 10 May 2016

if we go against the nature, nature will slap us one day.. this is a live example for that.

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June 8,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 8: More than two months after the nationwide lockdown was imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus, people offered prayers at Bengaluru's Saint Mary's Church and Shree Dodda Ganapathi Temple as the government has allowed reopening of religious places from today.

Fewer devotees here visited Saint Mary's Church in Shivaji Nagar and were seen maintaining social distancing inside the church premises.

Meanwhile, people queued outside Shree Dodda Ganapathi Temple at Basavanagudi to offer prayers in the wee hours of Monday.

Floor markings have been made here to maintain social distancing.

Social distancing norms are also being followed in Hubli's Nagashetty Koppa where only a few devotees thronged the temple on Monday morning.

In Kalaburagi's Sharana Basaveshwara Temple the visiting hours for devotees have been fixed from 7 am to 10 am and three hours in the evening from 5 pm to 8 pm.

Thermal screening is being conducted here and a disinfectant tunnel has also been installed at the entry point.

Floor markings have also been made here to ensure social distancing while barricades have also been installed on the temple premises.

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March 4,2020

Vijayapura, Mar 4: Despite strict measures to prevent any kind of embarrassing incidents during II PU board exams, the first three pages of Physics question paper was doing rounds on social media within an hour of commencement.

According to sources, “after removing the question papers from the sealed paper envelope, one of the supervisors is suspected to have taken photographs of it and circulated to the various social networking sites and Whatsapp. In an hour it spread across the district and the incident is said to be happened at Shanteshwar Pre-University College at Indi town.”

As many as 27,359 students were enrolled for the PU Board exams and among them 7,984 students have registered for Science. On the first-day, Physics for Science and History for Arts examinations were held in 41 centres of the district.

Confirming the question papers are being circulated over social networking applications, Deputy Commissioner YS Patil told TNIE that: “According to the Karnataka Education Act 24 (a) it cannot be considered as the question paper leak.”

“Even we have contacted the head office of the PU Board they also collecting the primary details denied to claim it as question paper leak. However, a committee will investigate and will also visit the college in the earliest. If any of the supervisors found guilty an action will be initiated against them. It is not a question paper leak instead it might be lapse of duty from the supervisors and investigation will be made,” stated DC Patil.

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May 17,2020

Bengaluru, May 17: Karnataka Government on Sunday decided to appoint Administrative Committees, to over 6000 Panchayat Bodies, in the state, who’s five-year term would comes to an end this month.

Speaking to the media here, the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Minister, K S Eshwarappa informed that the state cabinet met recently had favored to appoint committees which would replace the elected bodies.

Informing that there is provision in the Panchayath Raj Act to appoint the committees, he said that the concerned Deputy Commissioners of the district, would appoint the members, to the committee, who were eligible to be nominated to the committees.

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