Overview
- State health officials, who finished a 10-day operation Saturday, reported no human H5N1 infections.
- The outbreak began on April 14 at a government poultry training facility in Hesaraghatta on Bengaluru's outskirts and was confirmed as H5N1 by high-security labs in Bhopal.
- Teams set a 0–3 km infected zone and a 3–10 km surveillance ring, culled all birds at the centre, and disposed of eggs and feed under biosecurity protocols.
- Health workers monitored 28,172 residents across 22 villages, with Day 5 staff tests at NIV-Bengaluru returning negative results and Day 10 samples awaiting analysis.
- Hospitals were told to keep watch for flu-like and severe respiratory cases, maintain PPE and antivirals, and follow a site sanitization plan that includes a certificate issued April 21 and disinfection every 15 days.