KOLLAM: District Collector N Kousigan confirmed the presence of bird flu in the district.
However, he said that the flu variant will not infect humans. However, as a precaution, the remaining birds in the turkey farm at Kureepuzha where the disease was first found would be culled and buried in a deep pit on Monday itself.The sale of eggs, hen, ducks and other poultry would be banned around its 10 km radius in the region.