The Kerala district administration has confirmed an avian flu (H5N1) outbreak at the government-run regional poultry farm in Manarcad. Authorities have initiated measures to contain the outbreak, including euthanizing and cremating all domesticated and pet birds within a one-kilometer radius of the farm. Disinfection and surveillance measures have been implemented in the affected area, and a ban on the sale and import of poultry products has been imposed in the Kottayam district. The National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases lab in Bhopal confirmed the H5N1 outbreak after testing samples from chickens that had died in large numbers at the farm.