Ministry of Agriculture: lifting the blockade of 23 bird epidemic areas in China

Introduction: since 2005, there have been 30 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in 11 provinces, 23 cities, 30 counties (urban areas), 55 townships and 112 villages in China, including 1 case of migratory bird in Qinghai Province A total of 158200 birds fell ill, 151200 died and 22.2288 million were killed Since October, 26 outbreaks have occurred in 9 provinces and regions, including Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Xinjiang, Shanxi, Yunnan, Ningxia, etc As of December 13, no new suspected highly pathogenic avian influenza has been reported for 15 consecutive days At present, the blockade has been lifted in 23 epidemic areas, and preliminary results have been achieved in the prevention and control of avian influenza in China According to the current situation analysis, there is still the possibility of sporadic distribution this winter and next spring, and the prevention and control situation is still severe First, winter and spring are the seasons with high incidence of avian influenza Second, 60% of the poultry in our country are raised separately, with extensive management and difficult epidemic prevention Third, during the "two festivals", the long-distance distribution and sales of live birds are frequent, which is easy to cause the spread of the epidemic across regions Fourth, there are frequent migratory birds in the southern water network area of China Fifthly, the large-scale epidemic situation in Asia still poses a serious threat to the prevention and control of avian influenza in China In the face of complex epidemic situation, we are fully capable of effectively preventing and controlling the spread and spread of epidemic in some places of our country We have enough confidence and firm determination in this regard The Chinese government attaches great importance to the prevention and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza In 2004, in accordance with the policy of "strengthening leadership, close cooperation, relying on science, prevention and control according to law, group prevention and control, and resolute disposal", we successfully won the fight against avian influenza Since this year, President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have repeatedly given important instructions on strengthening the prevention and control of avian influenza in response to the continuous development of the international avian influenza epidemic On November 3, the State Council launched the national headquarters for the prevention and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza, under the leadership of Vice Premier Hui Liangyu Since the start of the headquarters, the headquarters has held plenary meetings three times to study the epidemic situation in time and make arrangements for the prevention and control work The Ministry of agriculture, in close cooperation with relevant departments, has made every effort to implement various measures for the prevention and control of avian influenza First, improve laws and regulations, and improve the emergency response mechanism for avian influenza China adheres to the scientific treatment of avian influenza according to law According to the animal epidemic prevention law of the people's Republic of China, since last year, the State Council has issued and implemented the national emergency plan for highly pathogenic avian influenza and the national emergency plan for major animal outbreaks The Ministry of agriculture has issued and implemented technical specifications for the handling of highly pathogenic avian influenza and emergency response plan for human avian influenza, effectively regulating the handling of the epidemic On November 18, the State Council issued the regulations on emergency response to major animal epidemics, which provided a strong legal guarantee for further prevention and control of avian influenza Second, adhere to the principle of prevention first and build a solid and reliable epidemic prevention barrier The mainland of China has implemented an active avian influenza immunization policy, strengthened the immunization of waterfowl and poultry in border areas, intensive breeding areas, water network areas and areas with intensive migratory bird activities, and gradually implemented full immunization of poultry According to statistics, since this year, 6.85 billion poultry have been immunized, of which more than 5 billion have been immunized since October, and the average immune density of domestic poultry is about 80% At present, all over the country are still focusing on the compensation and exemption of poultry Third, we will strengthen surveillance of the epidemic and establish a sound early warning mechanism for avian influenza In mainland China, the central, provincial, local and county level epidemic monitoring and reporting system has been established, and 450 national epidemic monitoring stations and border epidemic monitoring stations have been set up At present, 2800 counties in China have all been connected with the Ministry of agriculture, and the epidemic information can be quickly transmitted to the Ministry of agriculture In 2004, the Ministry of agriculture formulated the national highly pathogenic avian influenza monitoring plan in accordance with the guiding principles of the FAO and the relevant requirements of the OIE to guide all regions to carry out avian influenza monitoring Since this year, 2.923 million samples of poultry and wild birds have been monitored Fourth, we should strengthen the reporting of epidemic situation and establish a sound animal epidemic reporting network In order to effectively achieve "early detection, early reporting, early disposal and early control" and prevent the spread of avian influenza, the Ministry of agriculture requires all regions to further improve the provincial, prefecture, county, township and village level epidemic reporting network, clarify reporting responsibilities and standardize reporting procedures Require villages to set up animal epidemic reporting observers At the same time, we will intensify the inspection of the epidemic situation and set up a telephone for reporting the epidemic situation Since October, the Ministry has received a total of 136 cases of epidemic reported by the local people, and has made timely arrangements for verification Fifthly, we should deal with the outbreak in a timely and decisive manner to prevent the spread of the epidemic After the outbreak of the epidemic, our department immediately sent a working group and an expert group to carry out epidemiological investigation, identify the epidemic focus, and guide the local authorities to take targeted prevention and control measures such as isolation, blockade, killing and disinfection At the same time, do a good job in animal epidemic prevention supervision and inspection to prevent the spread of the epidemic At the same time, in order to strengthen the prevention and control efforts, this year our ministry implemented the designated contact system for prevention and control of major animal epidemics, and regularly inspected the implementation of prevention and control measures in various regions Since this year, the Ministry has sent 146 inspection teams and 252 people to inspect and guide the prevention and control of avian influenza Sixthly, we should increase publicity and raise the awareness of self-protection of the masses In order to improve the public's cognition of avian influenza and popularize the knowledge of prevention and control The Ministry of Agriculture organized the printing of 7 million HPAI Prevention and control paper, 600000 HPAI Prevention and control instruction posters and 200000 HPAI pocket books, which were distributed to villages and households free of charge In addition, China also publicizes the scientific knowledge of avian influenza and national policies and measures to the general public through TV, radio, newspaper, Internet and other media Actively carry out technical consultation on avian influenza, enhance the awareness of prevention of the masses, and improve the ability of self-protection Seventh, implement the national compensation policy to maintain the stable development of poultry industry China has implemented compensation for aquaculture enterprises and farmers who have been damaged by avian influenza, and has jointly compensated the central and local governments for culling poultry In order to support the development of poultry industry, on November 18, the State Council also issued nine supporting policies for the development of poultry industry, and maintained the stable development of poultry industry through such measures as exemption of income tax, reduction of government funds and administrative charges, increase of working capital loans and financial discount, and relief of farmers in need The eighth is to strengthen scientific research and improve the level of prevention and control technology of avian influenza Three kinds of avian influenza vaccines developed and put into use in China ensure the immune needs of different birds On December 7, the newly developed live vaccine of recombinant Newcastle disease virus vector of avian influenza developed by Harbin Institute of veterinary medicine, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, passed the review of the national agricultural genetically modified organisms safety committee and obtained the level I safety certificate At present, the vaccine is being industrialized and has the advantages of low price and convenient use It will be put into use early next year and will play an important role in the prevention and control of avian influenza in China Ninth, strengthen international exchanges and regional cooperation The Chinese government attaches great importance to international cooperation and exchanges in the prevention and control of avian influenza In accordance with the principle of "timeliness, openness and transparency", we timely informed the FAO, OIE and other relevant international organizations, embassies and consulates of various countries in China, as well as relevant parties in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan of the epidemic situation Actively participate in international cooperation initiated by relevant international organizations and promote regional and global exchanges and cooperation Experts from relevant international organizations are invited to China to investigate the prevention and control of avian influenza In November 2005, China and the United States jointly issued a conceptual document on avian influenza prevention and control to jointly respond to avian influenza On December 6-7, the Ministry of agriculture of China proposed to hold a ministerial meeting on cooperation in prevention and control of avian influenza in Asia in Kunming, Yunnan Province The ministers and deputy ministers of agriculture of 16 Asian countries and experts from 6 international organizations attended the meeting and issued the Kunming initiative on prevention and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Asia In addition, in order to effectively prevent the outbreak of avian influenza, the mainland has established a strict risk analysis system for imported products and an import and export quarantine system In China, the system of quarantine of producing area and slaughtering shall be strictly implemented, the supervision of poultry farms and live poultry trading markets shall be strengthened, and the order of poultry circulation and trading shall be standardized Recently, the Chinese government has made it clear that it is necessary to steadily promote the transformation of poultry breeding mode, promote the transformation of breeding industry to scale, standardization and modernization, practically improve epidemic prevention conditions and reduce the risk of avian influenza (source: china.com) 2005 special topic on avian influenza