In a blow to poultry farmers, bird flu detected in Kottayam, Alappuzha districts

The infection has been confirmed in one ward each of eight panchayats in Alappuzha and in four villages in Kottayam. In Alappuzha, 19,881 birds within the one-km radius of epicentres will be culled and around 5,000 birds in Kottayam. Culling will begin on December 26