China: Add 2 new bird flu outbreaks

On November 10, China reported the discovery of two new outbreaks of bird flu in Liaoning province, bringing the total number of bird flu outbreaks in the country to 6 since last month.

The two new flu outbreaks were reported in Fuxin and Jinzhou, both in Liaoning province, where a bird flu outbreak was reported last week. About 1,000 chickens died and the National Avian Influenza Test Laboratory confirmed that many dead chickens were infected with the H5N1 virus.

So far China has not reported on cases of bird flu, although the country has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to help test a suspected case of human avian influenza in Hunan province. , which once had a bird flu outbreak in October. Health experts fear bird flu could mutate into another form that could easily be spread from person to person and could kill millions of people. on the world.

According to China Daily, government officials said they had destroyed about 500,000 chickens and birds within a 3km radius at the site of the flu outbreak to control the spread of bird flu. The country has also destroyed 10 million poultry in Liaoning province.

Yesterday Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao warned that the country will face a "very serious situation" if poultry trade is not controlled.

T.VY (According to Reuters, China Daily)