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A 75-year-old woman has died, with health authorities investigating a suspected H1N1 infection pending official test confirmation.
Farmers across the district have been urged to remain alert and to immediately report any signs of illness in pigs to the nearest veterinary officer.
The authorities have imposed restrictions on pork distribution and pig transportation to control the spread.
The disease was detected in pigs from the sixth ward following tests conducted at a government laboratory in Bhopal.
The collector stated that all pigs at the affected farm, along with pigs from nearby farms, will be culled and buried in accordance with the central government's guidelines.
In 2009, the World Health Organisation declared it a pandemic.
Kerala has been witnessing an increasing number of HINI cases in the past two months.
Two Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) consisting of doctors, livestock inspectors and attendants have begun the culling process.
The distribution and sale of pork in the area and its transportation to other places have been banned temporarily.
An area of one km around the pig farm, where the infection had been detected, was declared as an infected area and a radius of 10km as a disease surveillance zone, official sources said.
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