The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has started conducting medical camps for screening residents for respiratory infection in areas where crows have died in the city.
At a meeting conducted on avian influenza by Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam on Monday, civic officials were advised to sensitise residents to it.
Corporation Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran has directed GCC employees to prevent residents from touching infected birds with bare hands.
Anna Nagar councillor T.V. Shemmozhi said residents reported about the death of a crow in Anna Nagar on Friday. “We have taken precautionary measures,” he said.
“It is to be noted that only crows are affected and other birds are not affected in Chennai. No rise in ILI (influenza-like illness) symptoms is noted among the public,” said an official.
