Bird flu threatens to

In the afternoon of December 26, at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza, Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Duy Tam acknowledged the risk of bird flu in Vietnam. The capital is very high. While the centralized slaughter project still stalled.

"As a professional, we only try our best, but the leader does not support it is very difficult for you," Tam said.

Currently 80% of poultry consumption in Hanoi is provided by provinces. If the city wants to ensure epidemic safety, the capital must invest in the construction of slaughterhouses in the local area. This is very supportive of localities, like Nam Dinh. However, this project is still not implemented by Hanoi.

"Building a slaughterhouse in your province is to serve Hanoi, not as much help or support as many people think. But that's just our opinion, whether or not the implementation depends on the leadership. " said Mr. Tam. Vice director Tam asked the Government to give guidance on this.

Pandemic flu threatens the country's poultry population.
(Photo: TT Thuy Phuong, VNE)

Representative of Bac Giang agriculture industry said that in order to fight avian influenza effectively, leaders from the central to grassroots level must be transparent and determined to the end."It is not possible to blame the subjective people completely, but even the local authorities are very indifferent to the bird flu. In Bac Giang, concentrated slaughter can only be maintained for a short time, now it has returned to kill. Small surgery at the market, at the road, " he said.

The representative also reminded Hanoi consumers: "Every week the provincial AI Steering Committee meets, the quarantine operations are still in 3 shifts, but we must admit that we only control about 20% smuggled poultry from China, crossed the border of Lang Son province, to Hanoi ".

Poultry must be monitored to each household

That is the direction of the Minister-Head of the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention and Control Cao Duc Phat, besides 3 other solutions to launch the month of disinfection and disinfection of breeding facilities, vaccinate and supplement chickens and ducks immediately This week and strengthen control of poultry trade, transport and slaughter, especially in border areas. .

Phat warned that bird flu threatens the whole country. An application for Rach Lum B village, where the first bird flu recurrence this year, is the most sucked area of ​​Khanh Hung commune, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province. This hamlet is only 9 km from the Gulf of Thailand and very close to Ca Mau cape. "In the past, we still warned that avian flu often happens in urban areas, crowded back and forth, but from this outbreak, there is no safe place," Phat said.

According to the Animal Health Department's report, from the first outbreak on December 6 in Rach Lum B hamlet, Khanh Hung commune, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province has now detected bird flu in 8 hamlets of Khanh commune. Hung, Khanh Hai, An Xuyen, Khanh Lam, belonging to Tran Van Thoi district and Ca Mau city. In Bac Lieu, the outbreak has spread to 6 livestock households in 3 hamlets of Vinh Binh commune, Hoa Binh district.

The total number of dead and culled poultry in the epidemic area is nearly 8,000 ducks and over 1,100 chickens.

Hong Khanh