Union Ministry decided to send a high-level team to Kerala to assess the bird flu outbreak

The Union Ministry of Health and Welfare has decided to send a high-level team to Kerala to assess the bird flu outbreak in the state. The team will investigate the outbreak in detail and submit a report with recommendations. Kerala’s seven-member central team comprises experts from the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, the National Center for Disease Control, New Delhi, the National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The team is led by Dr. Rajesh Kedamani, Sr RD, Regional Office of Health and Family Welfare, Bangalore. The team will also assist state health departments with public health measures, management guidelines and protocols to manage the increasing number of state-reported bird flu cases.

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