Kolkata: A new case of bird flu outbreak was reported from Shamsherganj block of virus-hit Murshidabad district on Sunday even as culling teams fanned out in eight affected districts to start operations.
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Murshidabad district magistrate Subir Bhadra said that new case of bird flu was reported from Shamsherganj block of the district. With this the total number of bird flu affected blocks in the district had risen to ten, Bhadra said.
Thirteen of the 19 districts of West Bengal have been declared bird flu-affected after West Midnapore and South 24 Parganas were declared affected on Sunday.
Culling was over in Hooghly, Burdwan, Bankura, South Dinajpur and Nadia district.
Fifteen culling teams had started work in West Midnapore district. The teams were culling in the five-km radius of Chakbelcha village under Debra block of Kharagpur sub-division, district magistrate N S Nigam said.
