The National Task Force made of both human and animal experts from government, agencies and NGO has started studying the new cases of avian influenza.
This follows the reported outbreak of the deadly, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird flu) in the districts of Entebbe and Masaka.
The first cases were reported by the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre after mass deaths of wild birds seen by fishermen at Lutembe beach at the shores of Lake Victoria near Entebbe.
Avian Influenza, is a viral infection that affects both humans and both wild and domestic birds like ducks and chicken.
The minister of Agriculture Vincent Ssempija says the teams are studying the effects and is advising the public to be conscious and report any suspicious cases involving death of birds.
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