KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The government on Thursday decided to declare areas within the radius of one kilometer in Gharipatan Area of Pokhara, where bird flu was confirmed on Wednesday, as a ´bird flu affected area´.
A meeting of a special committee headed by Agriculture Minister Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav took the decision to deploy three Rapid Response Teams -- each comprising 10 medical personnel -- to the affected area from Friday, said Dr Hari Dahal, spokesperson for the ministry, told myrepublica.com.
Dahal also said the government has already imposed ban on movement of poultry products to and from Pokhara to prevent the possible spread of the disease.
Bird flu outbreak was confirmed in the area by the officials on Wednesday after Weybridge Lab in London tested all six samples collected from a farm their positive for bird flu.