Saturday 27 December 2014

Awareness lecture on Avian Flu at MCM

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 27th December:- MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh organized an awareness lecture on Avian Flu, for its non teaching staff. Dr. Lovelesh Gupta, Joint Director, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Chandigarh dispelled various myths related to Avian Flue in his informational lecture. Dr. Gupta sensitized the staff about the origin, cause and symptoms of bird flu in order to ease the anxiety in their minds regarding this disease. Reiterating that there is no need to panic, Dr. Gupta said that this flu is curable and there has been no transmission from birds to human beings since 2006.

Principal of the college Dr. Puneet Bedi thanked Dr. Gupta for his efforts to ease the fears of the staff in the wake of reports of Bird Flue scare in the city.

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