Daily report on 14 monitoring points of the avian influenza prevention and control program launched in Shanghai

Introduction: at present, Shanghai is also facing the peak of migratory birds moving south Will there also be sick migratory birds? Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Municipal Administration of greening that the city has launched the work plan for the prevention and control of the spread of avian influenza by wild birds, and all relevant departments are ready to do a good job in the prevention and control of avian influenza According to the analysis of relevant experts, because the migratory birds passing through Shanghai and the sick ones found in Europe do not belong to the same migration route, the sick migratory birds will not fly to Shanghai, but at the same time, they also remind the public not to have close contact with wild birds Shanghai is not on the migration route of sick birds According to experts, there are three major migration routes around the world: Asian migration route, European African migration route and American migration route Shanghai is located in the east of the Asian migration route About one million migratory birds pass through Shanghai every year during the migration period However, the areas where the avian influenza epidemic occurred are central Asia, West Asia and Europe, such as Turkey and Romania, which belong to the European African migration route or the Central Asia migration route in the Asian bird migration route In autumn and winter, the migratory birds that migrate south through Shanghai mainly come from the main breeding places of northern birds in the Far East of Russia and northeast of China As a result, the diseased migratory birds in the European epidemic areas generally do not pass through Shanghai According to the daily report of 14 monitoring points at the two levels, the transit birds began to pass through the city in early August and lasted until early November The overwintering birds began to move in late September, and the stable period of overwintering was from mid November to early March of the second year They moved out successively from mid March to early April, and stayed for 150-180 days According to the person in charge of the Municipal Administration of afforestation, 14 monitoring points have been set up in the city Among them, Chongming Dongtan Bird Nature Reserve and Jiuduansha Wetland Nature Reserve are national monitoring points, while Shanghai Zoo, Shanghai Wildlife Park, flower and bird market and wildlife exchange market of relevant districts and counties are municipal monitoring points Since the first ten days of October, the daily report system has been implemented in each monitoring point At present, there is no avian influenza epidemic in Shanghai The public and wild birds should "keep a distance" Although there is no avian influenza epidemic in this city, the wildlife management department still reminds the public to try to avoid contact with wild birds It is understood that due to the large number of birds visiting Shanghai at present, some migratory birds may live in areas with good ecological environment in the urban area Therefore, experts suggest that citizens should keep necessary distance from wild birds.