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Bengaluru H5N1 outbreak: No human cases detected after 10-day surveillance

Surveillance was carried out across 22 villages within a 10 km radius, covering a population of 28,172. Multiple rounds of field visits and sanitation measures were undertaken during the 10-day period in accordance with protocol.

H5N1 virus detected in Hesaraghatta poultry centre near Bengaluru; no need for panic, says Dinesh Gundu Rao

As part of containment efforts, 7,444 birds were culled, and over 14,000 eggs and 2,250 kg of poultry feed were scientifically disposed of on April 15 under the supervision of the Animal Husbandry Department.