4 more communes have avian influenza

* Department of Animal Health said on January 18 in Bac Lieu, bird flu spreads more in two livestock households in Phong Thanh Dong communes (Gia Rai district), Chau Thoi (Vinh Loi district) and conducted pepper destroyed 570 poultry.

(Photo: VietNamNet) The avian influenza epidemic has occurred in 42 communes and wards (an increase of four communes compared to the report on January 18), 19 districts and towns in eight provinces have not been 21 days yet, namely Ca Mau and Bac Lieu, Hau Giang, Vinh Long, Kien Giang, Tra Vinh, Soc Trang and Can Tho City.

* On January 19, Minister of Health Tran Thi Trung Chien - Head of the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza, Head of the Government inspection team - worked with the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and other departments and agencies. on the situation of influenza prevention and control in the area.The Minister said that the risk of bird flu in Ho Chi Minh City is very high.

Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Huu Tin said: 'The situation of small-scale farming in suburban districts is very difficult to strictly prohibit, so it is recommended that the veterinary sector keep abreast. SDAH has actively cooperated with 10 provinces to check from the stage of breeding to processing and consumption. But I also doubt whether the quarantine certificate is sure to eat. The issue of imported chicken meat, we also wonder from the US but the origin may not come from the US but from China, Malaysia . For the safety of human health, we will control more strictly.

The avian influenza epidemic broke out in eight provinces in the Mekong Delta, the problem is that the city chose which steps are most urgent but most effective and less expensive but suitable for the most popular people.That is the opinion that Minister Tran Thi Trung Chien concluded the meeting, because the prevention of avian influenza will last from now until 2010 as the World Health Organization has warned.

* Yesterday (19-1), Phitsanulok Province (northern Thailand) said 26 people in the province are being monitored for health due to suspected bird flu.According to Mr. Thawatchai Kamoltham - provincial health director, 15 of them are health officials involved in the destruction of sick poultry.The rest are villagers in the three districts of Muang, Wat Bote and Bang Rakam.

A day earlier, the health authorities in Phitsanulok province isolated a duck farm in Tortae commune, Wat Bote district, after four family members were suspected of being infected with bird flu.About 600 ducks at the camp were destroyed.The provincial government is concerned that 30 pigs raised in this farm may have been infected with the H5N1 virus.This is the second bird flu outbreak discovered in Thailand in the past six months.

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