Updated Jan 11, 2021 | 14:41 IST
Avian influenza viruses have been circulating across the world for centuries with four known major outbreaks recorded in the last century.
File picture: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia  |  Photo Credit: IANS
Key Highlights
A drive to cull ducks has started at the famous Sanjay Lake in Delhi
Besides Delhi, bird flu has been confirmed in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and a few other states
India reported its first outbreak in 2006
New Delhi: Hours after the Delhi Animal Husbandry Department said that all the samples sent to a laboratory in Bhopal have tested positive for bird flu, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday urged people not to panic. He further claimed that only samples of duck from Sanjay Lake tested positive for bird flu, adding that reports of other samples are still awaited.