A district administration official confirmed that samples tested positive for avian influenza (H5N1).
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A bird flu outbreak has been reported in two places in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, officials said on Thursday, 18 April. Locally reared ducks are the affected birds. A Bhopal lab confirmed it after samples tested positive for avian influenza (H5N1). Birds within a kilometre from the epicentre will be culled to prevent spread. The disease does not spread to humans.