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Delhi: Kejriwal government relieves teachers from bird flu duties at border points
The Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi has announced to relieve teachers from field duties to check illegal transportation of poultry into the national capital in view of the avian influenza (bird flu).
Delhi s Education Minister Manish Sisodia said that it has been brought to his notice that teachers are being deployed by some district magistrates in field duties related to enforcement of the notification to prevent ingress of the avian influenza. He said that teachers are not mean for this kind of duty . They are all busy with online classes. Moreover, for students of classes 10 and 12, the government has already announced special practical classes from Monday onwards i.e; January 18, 2021. It is, therefore, directed that no deployment of teachers is permitted for duties related to the prevention of ingress of the avian influenza (bird flu) in NCT of Delhi,â Sisodia
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.