Bird flu is raging in India

India is facing a serious outbreak of bird flu while the local people still do not comply with poultry destruction. The paramilitary force had to be mobilized to control and prevent poultry smuggling.

Health workers in eastern India are struggling with outbreaks of bird flu. The populous state of eastern India - West Bengal - the latest bird flu outbreak has more than 60,000 dead birds. The government had to prohibit the sale and transport of poultry and poultry products. Neighboring states have also banned the purchase of poultry and poultry products from West Bengal.

Medical staff checking at a poultry farm in India (Photo: Reuters)

One resident said: 'This is a dangerous epidemic and our poultry farms have all closed. We are not allowed to bring poultry out for sale in the market. A large number of chickens are dying and we are having to burn them down. We used to earn a lot of money from selling chickens, but now everything is over. '

However, officials in West Bengal said people were reluctant to destroy poultry. Chicken is still consumed while there is a ban and reports of dead birds in new locations are continuously reported. The destruction of poultry began on Wednesday (January 16) after the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the outbreak of bird flu with the H5N1 virus. The federal government has sent advisory teams to West Bengal in an effort to prevent the flu from spreading.

Meanwhile, in New Delhi, border security paramilitary forces were mobilized to prevent the transfer of smuggled poultry into Bangladesh, where the flu epidemic also broke out.