Waruna Padmasiri
The Department of Livestock and Animal Husbandry has investigated the death
of a large number of chickens at a farm in the Bingiriya area in the Kurunegala
district. It has been found that one of the dead chickens had bird flu symptoms.
However it was not confirmed that the death was caused by bird flu.
A special discussion was held at the Ministry of Health under Additional
Secretary of Health P Mahipala yesterday afternoon.
Two teams of specialist doctors from the Contagious Disease Research division
are scheduled to visit the Bingiriya and nearby areas today. As a precautionary
step, staff at Bingiriya, Chilaw and Hettipola hospitals are being briefed about
containing the spread and treatment of the disease, in accordance with the World
Health Organisation guidelines.
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