China is not an outbreak of bird flu in poultry

2009年02月08日01:50

By (Journalist Wu) before international organizations, experts have said that China's recent cases of human infection with bird flu, but no reports of poultry bird flu outbreak, this situation is not normal. Yesterday, the State Chief Veterinary Officer in Kangzhen answering a reporter's question that China's epidemic reporting network to improve, there is no occurrence of highly pathogenic avian flu.

Village-level epidemic observers 645,000 people

Recently, media reports have said the UN Food and Agriculture Organization expressed the view that China's bird flu appears more than last year, China may have been an outbreak of bird flu.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that the State Chief Veterinary Officer in Kangzhen express, at present, has been found of human infection with avian influenza cases in 7 provinces and municipalities, there was no poultry outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The nationwide epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza investigation work has been underway.

He explained that, in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, the epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza within 24 hours should be reported to the Ministry of Agriculture. At present, governments at all levels are equipped with animal disease prevention and control institutions, also set up 645,000 village-level observers report the outbreak to ensure the timely reporting of outbreaks.

Hong Kong and Guangdong is now dead birds does not mean that the epidemic has

A reporter asked, Hong Kong has recently found to be infected with avian influenza virus dead birds, some people doubt China's Guangdong Province, which occurred in the avian flu epidemic, but the outbreak in Guangdong did not report.

In this regard, Yu Kangzhen said veterinary departments of Guangdong Province recently organized a special inspection of quarantine supervision and found no poultry outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Since January this year, has informed the health sector in Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong, Hunan, Xinjiang, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces 7 occurrence of eight cases of human infection with avian flu confirmed cases.

dispel doubts

"Does not mean that people infected poultry outbreak"

State Chief Veterinary Officer in Kangzhen yesterday said that at present, China has seen 38 cases of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza cases, only four cases of the outbreak has poultry. Environment exists in the virus, does not mean that there will be poultry bird flu outbreak.

Yu Kangzhen that is generally believed that, as long as the environment has the virus exist, people have been risk of infection. However, the existence of viruses in the environment does not mean that there will be poultry bird flu outbreak.

According to introduction, there are now 15 countries in 405 people infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza in Kangzhen that many cases are not in when an outbreak of bird flu infection, but the exact source of infection and infection remains unclear.