The Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) in Kondagaon has issued an alert in the district after receiving news of bird flu outbreak in Bihar.
The officials of Food and Drug Administration Department in the district have started inspection of all poultry farms in the district and so far have not found any cause for concern, officials informed.
However, the team has issued an alert to all the poultry farm owners in the district as a precautionary measure and have asked them to bury dead birds and not give them for consumption to animals and humans.