The outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in China has three characteristics

Introduction: today's corn price in Dalian port is 1170 yuan At a press conference held this morning by the Information Office of the State Council, Liu Jian, Vice Minister of the Ministry of agriculture of China, introduced three characteristics of the current avian influenza epidemic in China PHA Liu Jian said that recently, some countries and regions in Asia have had highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks, and some regions in China have also had highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks The Chinese government attaches great importance to this President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have made important instructions for many times The State Council has held special meetings to listen to reports and study the work of the Ministry In accordance with the requirements of the State Council, the Ministry of agriculture and other departments moved quickly to take the prevention and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza as the most important issue at present, and took a series of emergency measures to strictly prevent the spread and spread of the epidemic PHA Liu Jian said that since January 27, when China announced the confirmation of HPAI, there have been 23 HPAI outbreaks, including 18 suspected cases and 5 confirmed cases Several outbreaks that have occurred have been well controlled, and no infected people have occurred According to PHA Liu Jian, there are three characteristics of the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in China: first, it is sporadic; second, there are many outbreaks in the south, mainly concentrated in central, South and East China; third, the virulence of the virus is relatively strong Due to the scattered feeding of poultry and the lack of knowledge about avian influenza, the task of prevention and control of avian influenza in China is still very arduous Pha