Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir hasn’t reported a single case of bird flu, the authorities said on Thursday and directed people not to pay heed towards baseless rumours.
Both authorities in the Jammu and Kashmir region assured on the matter.
Dr Bharat Bhushan, Joint Director Poultry, Jammu said that no case of bird flu has been reported and such reports (if anywhere) are totally baseless and people shouldn’t pay heed to rumours.
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“It is our moral duty to help the poultry farmers who shall suffer because of some people who are spreading fake news about the presence of bird fly among poultry,” he said.
Dr Mohammad Younis, Joint Director Poultry Kashmir said that the department teams are working at block, district and divisional levels but there are no such reports from anywhere.
“We have been already working on it round the clock to keep vigil on such things but as of now we have no such report,” he said.
People shouldn’t pay heed towards rumours as it is going to hit the people badly who are associated and dependent on the poultry sector, Officials said.
Notably, from the past few days, messages about the cases of bird flu reported in J&K were doing rounds on social media.
(KNO)
