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    Millions of poultry were culled! More than 300 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have recently been made public

    • Last Update: 2020-12-29
    • Source: Internet
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    With the advent of winter, avian influenza outbreaks are on the rise in many parts of the world.
    According to CCTV news, on November 28th, a duck farm in Jingyi City, south-west of Seoul, South Korea, had the first outbreak of avian influenza in poultry in South Korea this year and had been diagnosed as highly pathogenic, with about 19,000 ducks culled.
    2nd, South Korea confirmed the re-emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry farms.
    is known to have spread the bird flu virus in Europe in recent weeks, killing millions of poultry.
    South Korea confirmed the re-emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza interface news on December 2, South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture said that South Korea found a highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza virus strain at a poultry farm in Qingshan North Road, the farm's chickens will be culled.
    this is the second time since this winter that highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed on farms.
    reported earlier this week at a chicken farm in Shangzhou, 270 kilometers southeast of Seoul, that the suspected case had been tested and determined to be highly pathogenic.
    comes after South Korea confirmed a case of highly pathogenic bird flu on Saturday at a duck farm in the city of Jingyi, quan Luobei.
    is the first such case reported at a poultry farm in the country since March 2018.
    South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture uses unmanned helicopters to disinfect the spread of bird flu: Yonhap has raised its alert for the disease since late October, when it discovered the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain of H5N8 bird flu in The city of Tianan, 92 kilometers south of Seoul, the first confirmed case of bird flu in 32 months.
    "Given that 12 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza from wild birds have been confirmed across the country since October, our situation is critical," an agriculture ministry official said.
    As a result of the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza, Hong Kong suspended the import of poultry meat and poultry products from Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government website issued a press release on December 2, saying that the Food safety Centre of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on the same day that it had suspended the import of poultry meat and poultry products (including eggs) from Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, in response to notification by the Japanese authorities of the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. A spokesman for the
    Centre said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 50 tonnes of chilled poultry meat, about 4300 tonnes of chilled poultry meat and about 200 million eggs from Japan in the first nine months of this year. A spokesman for the
    said : The Centre has contacted the Japanese authorities on the incident and will continue to monitor closely the information of the World Organisation for Animal Health and the relevant authorities on the outbreak of avian influenza .
    " An outbreak of H5N5 highly pathogenic avian influenza occurred in Belgium on 27 November, and the Belgian Federal Ministry of Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment reported an outbreak of H5N5 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Belgium.
    the outbreak was confirmed on 25 November 2020 in Menen, West Flanders.
    A wild swan avian influenza outbreak was detected in Pingland, Shanxi Province, China November 26, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs received a report from the China Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, confirmed by the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, the transport city of Pingland County, sanwan swan scenic area of wild swan H5N8 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak.
    area inhabits more than 4000 wild swans, 2 sick, 2 dead.
    outbreak occurred, the local emergency response mechanism was activated immediately, emergency disposal work was carried out, the surrounding environment was disinfected, and all the dead swans were treated harmlessly.
    The incident and the status quo: Rangers found two unexplained deaths of the swans on November 18 at 8 a.m., Shanxi Province Ping lu County wetland rangers in Zhangcun Town, the old city of Yellow River Beach patrol, found two unexplained death of the swans.
    incident, the local county committee and county government attach great importance to the rapid response and take urgent measures to report after scientific disposal.
    as of 9 a.m. on November 27, no new swan deaths were found in the Yellow River Wetlands in Ping lu, Shanxi Province.
    it is understood that on November 19th, at 17:00, the H5 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus nucleic acid was found positive in the samples sent for examination, confirmed as a suspected outbreak of H5 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
    the outbreak, the local immediately arranged for emergency isolation and disposal of the site, hanging warning signs in the main habitat of the swans, the establishment of a cordon.
    also closed the Three Bay Swans scenic spot, banning tourists and unrelated personnel from migratory bird habitats and risk areas.
    past month, eight European countries have reported more than 300 cases of bird flu, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently released the latest news, bird flu into previously unaffected European countries at high risk.
    update indicates that the virus is spreading rapidly throughout Africa.
    , Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom have reported more than 300 cases in the past month.
    , despite a small number of outbreaks, most tests were carried out in wild birds.
    new report assesses the likelihood of the virus spreading from wild birds to poultry.
    previous overview, the EFSA warned that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) could spread rapidly to Western Europe following outbreaks of wild birds and poultry in western Russia and Kazakhstan this summer.
    area is on an autumn migration route for wild waterfowl heading to Europe.
    , no human infections have been detected in the new outbreak, and the risk of transmission to the public remains low.
    , however, the evolution of the virus needs to be closely monitored to assess the ongoing risk of possible transmission of the virus to humans.
    : Integrated Interface, CCTV, World Organization for Animal Health, etc
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