Egypt: Min. of Ag.: BF virus has mutated, reduction in effectiveness of vaccine for poultry

"Abaza" Pthor recognizes the avian influenza virus
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 19:50

Surprisingly the Minister of Agriculture Amin Abaza, that the bird flu virus has mutated, and consequently led to a reduction in the effectiveness of vaccines imported and used in immunization, pointing out that many of the communication world of veterinary laboratories for the production of vaccine-type strains of the new in Egypt.

وأعلن الوزير أيضاً أن صندوق تعويضات أنفلونزا الطيور سيتم تمويله من وزارة المالية، وأنه لن يتم تعديل قانون التعويضات الذى تم إقراره ضمن قانون تداول الطيور الحية، وذلك حتى لا يتم الطعن عليه دستوريا، لافتا إلى أنه سيتم رفع رسوم تراخيص المزارع وسيكون تجديد هذه التراخيص كل عام، بدلا من 3 سنوات.

The Minister also announced that the Compensation Fund for bird flu will be funded from the Ministry of Finance, and that it will not be amending the law of compensation which has been approved within the law of the circulation of live birds, so it is not a constitutional challenge, he will raise the license fees will be the renewal of the farms and all such licenses year, instead of 3 years.

واعترف وزير الزراعة أن سياسة تحصين الطيور المنزلية التى اتبعت فى الفترة الماضية، أثبتت عدم جدواها، وبالتالى تم تعديلها ليتم التحصين فى أماكن البؤر ومن حولها فقط.

The Agriculture Minister acknowledged that the policy of vaccination of domestic birds, which was done in the past, have proved ineffective and was therefore modified to be fortified outposts in and around the premises only.