ISLAMABAD, Jan. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Pakistan has for the first time detected the avian influenza in chickens in southern Sindh province, local media reported Monday.

    The News Network International (NNI), a private news agency, quoted sources from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock as saying that the preliminary reports indicate that the disease has hit chicken flocks in Sindh.

    Around 10 percent to 25 percent of chickens in farms of the province have likely been infected, said the NNI.

    It said the authorities have started providing vaccine to all poultry in the province to prevent further outbreaks and eradicating all the infected chickens.

    There has been no evidence indicating that human has been infected by the bird flu so far in the country. Enditem