Wednesday, 17 December, 2008 21:22 Written by admin
Authorities in several Asian countries are working to contain new outbreaks of bird flu.
Cambodia has begun slaughtering poultry in a district south of the capital, Phnom Penh, where a 19-year-old man last week tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus. The agriculture ministry also ordered a 30-day ban on selling or transporting poultry in Kandal province.
Tuesday, 16 December, 2008 10:15 Written by admin
SHANGHAI — Chinese agriculture officials ordered the slaughter of more than 300,000 chickens after they found poultry infected with a lethal form of avian influenza — the first such outbreak publicly reported in mainland China since June.
The discovery of the H5N1 form of the bird flu virus in two areas of Jiangsu province northwest of Shanghai follows recent outbreaks in India, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, raising the risk of human infections during the winter.