Don’t panic, eat poultry product cooked at excessive temperature: Delhi govt advisory amid hen flu scare

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The Delhi Health Department on Wednesday issued an advisory in view of hen flu circumstances within the metropolis, asking individuals to not panic and comply with a set of dos and don’ts, together with not consuming half-cooked hen, half-boiled or half-fried eggs. Several geese at Sanjay Lake and a lot of crows throughout numerous metropolis parks have been discovered lifeless within the final one week.
The income division has deployed groups of volunteers on the metropolis’s borders to forestall unauthorised entry of livestock, and canned and processed hen from outdoors.
The advisory issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) of Delhi on Wednesday acknowledged, “H5N8 is highly pathogenic in birds but the pathogenicity in humans, as well as the likelihood of human infection with avian influenza (AH5N8) virus, is low.”
The well being division, whereas issuing the dos and don’ts, requested individuals to look at precaution and never panic.
“Avoid contact and prevent exposure from sick-looking sluggish chicken. Avoid direct contact with bird secretions and droppings,” the advisory states, including that bowls used for feeding birds, and their cages ought to be washed correctly with cleaning soap or detergent.
All slaughter waste should be disposed of correctly, the DGHS authorities mentioned.

The advisory additionally cautioned individuals to not contact lifeless birds with bare fingers. If any hen is discovered lifeless, management room ought to be knowledgeable at telephone quantity 23890318.
“Eat only completely cooked eggs and poultry products cooked at 70 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes. Do not consume half-cooked chicken or bird or half-boiled and half-fried eggs,” the advisory mentioned.
Do not maintain uncooked poultry meat close to cooked meat. Wash fingers ceaselessly on the time of dealing with uncooked poultry merchandise. Take due care of non-public hygiene and preserve cleanliness in surrounding, it cautioned.
Reports of over 50 hen deaths had been obtained on a helpline of the Delhi authorities’s animal husbandry unit, and 18 samples from completely different components of town had been despatched for avian flu testing on Tuesday, officers had mentioned.
Testing of samples of crows and geese had confirmed hen flu circumstances within the nationwide capital on Monday, prompting town authorities to impose a ban on sale of processed and packaged hen introduced from outdoors town.
The Ghazipur poultry market has additionally additionally closed by authorities. 
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