Beijing will include migrant bird watchers in the monitoring range to prevent avian influenza

Introduction: News (reporter horsepower) due to the warm weather this year, some migratory birds that have stopped in Beijing have delayed their migration to the south At the same time, the birds that have come to Beijing for winter have also arrived later In addition to the continuous close monitoring of migratory birds, the high-risk groups in contact with migratory birds have been included in the monitoring scope, the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Forestry Bureau said However, according to the statistics of 86 migratory bird monitoring stations in Beijing yesterday, the number of birds in Beijing is gradually decreasing Bird experts believe that the migration of migratory birds in Beijing in autumn and winter will be over in the near future More than 200000 migratory birds have been monitored in Beijing From the 14th to the 20th of this month, the total number of birds monitored was more than 220000 From the 21st to the 27th of this month, the number dropped to more than 200000, not much Gao Wu, a professor and bird expert at Capital Normal University, said that in normal years, the migration period of Beijing migratory birds in autumn and winter usually starts in September and ends at the end of November The water surface begins to freeze and the food is reduced At this time, the migratory birds passing through Beijing basically fly away, and the winter migratory birds who come to spend the winter also basically "settle down" However, this year's warm weather delayed the migration of some birds At the same time, the birds who came to Beijing for winter were also late Wang Chuncheng, head of the Protection Department of the Municipal Forestry Bureau, who is on duty at 86 migratory bird monitoring points all day, also believes that as the weather gets colder, the migratory birds will end soon and leave Beijing "This is good news for the prevention and control of avian influenza Because now some studies think that birds may carry the virus in their migration After the migration, Beijing's resident birds are all local, and Beijing is not an epidemic area, so these birds are less likely to carry the virus And winter migratory birds have been living in Beijing in winter If they haven't been sick for some time after they settled down, their risk will be greatly reduced " However, 86 migratory bird monitoring points in Beijing are still on duty 24 hours at any time Because winter migratory birds may also come from the epidemic area, Wang Chuncheng said, he revealed that the Municipal Forestry Bureau has included the high-risk groups in the monitoring scope, such as the observers and monitors who often contact with migratory birds, register and record the information of these people, and report and inform the health department immediately once fever or unknown pneumonia is found.