Bird flu in Balaa between truth and Ahaiapnscher today

(Updated) 05/17/2010 at 21:45
Tulkarem - Report together - surprised the people of the town of Bala east of Tulkarem on Thursday evening, the thirteenth of this month, a large force of Palestinian security personnel enter the town and surrounded by all axes, and stands at the crossroads of roads and entrances, and inspect any vehicle you graduated and accurately declaring a state of emergency, amid a state of anxiety accompanied by terror and fear.

The reason behind this, according to an official at the Ministry of Agriculture, said the Israeli side informed the ministry that the test results taken earlier from some poultry farms in the town affirm the poultry Bala bird flu, and the results that came from the laboratories Beit Dagan was dispatched on the twenty-ninth of last month, and the results were announced on the thirteenth of this month, a difference of nearly two weeks.

The following day, Friday the fourteenth of this month, to witness the influx of officials from the ministries of health and agriculture, the first of whom Dr. Jamil Makhamra Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture in charge of the management of veterinary services in the northern governorates, the Under-Secretary Azzam Tubeileh, which held an emergency meeting in the town hall in the town, attended by representatives of Veterinary Medicine, Agriculture, and Director General of Health Dr Said Tulkarm affectionate, and the mayor and a number of farmers.

He Makhamra to attend events in town, saying: "that on 29 of the last month, they took some samples from" chicks mothers chicken broiler "from a farm in Bala, after suspected bird flu disease is, converted to laboratories Israel in the Beit Dagan, pointing out that the age of chick at that moment was (8) days, as informed by the laboratory that the Israeli sample infected with bird flu, which forced us to declare a state of emergency in Bala, and imposed a quarantine on the entire region, and to take preventive measures for fear of transmission of the disease to areas other, while making sure unequivocally the presence of the disease. "

Minister of Health, Dr. Fathi Abu boiled came over, and confirmed through a special statement by the Palestinian news agency, the existence of bird flu in the town, and that the ministry with the concerned authorities will take a series of steps to prevent its spread widely and rectify the matter, this means that the 750 000 birds threatened with death, and thus a great loss incurred by the owners of farms, and other consequences on the ground.

And the back of the police, veterinary, health, and officials in the town, dressed in jackets and protective clothing, as well as bulldozers and the mechanisms by which the processing of drilling in preparation for the execution, among hundreds of farmers terrified Perplexed not believe what they hear and see what is happening in the town.

Came Friday evening, carrying with him the presence of Minister of Agriculture Dr. Ismail Deiq, asked for a meeting with farmers, and spoke to them for details of the lengthy discussions on the fate of the farms the town, pointing out infected poultry in many diseases, and that the problem is not the bird flu, but there are many diseases, including (Salmonella, Coxidia, any DVD), stressing the crowd and the loud, sharp tone: "execution-based and irreversible, and implementation on Saturday at 12 noon after the lifting of recommendations to the Supreme National Committee to combat bird flu.

And the minister's face Deiq finger to farmers themselves, accusing them of negligence, stressing he saw bags of dead chickens in the streets during previous visits to a relative in the town, adding: "It would be imprisonment for someone who runs one chicken, in addition to downloading responsibility for the transfer of the disease, and he will not have mercy on anyone will be arrested on the spot. "

Eventually .....

On Saturday, the fifteenth of this month, said the Supreme National Committee to combat avian flu, which is chaired by the Minister for Health, Dr. Fathi Abu boiled, it excludes the existence of any cases of bird flu (H5N1) in poultry a farm in Bala, noting that the source of poultry was from Israel.

(Chairman of the Abu boiled was proved the existence of the disease on Friday in a statement to the Palestinian news agency), indicating that he decided to form a joint committee from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture - Veterinary Services to hold a joint meeting with the Israeli side of the debate and clarify the confusion that has occurred.

Began to Palestinian security forces to withdraw from the town of Bala slowly and quietly, leaving behind a big problem requiring a quick solution, related to bear the full responsibility on the part of (the owners of statements opposing), the holders of farms are shocked, puzzled, no one buys them, nor will they be able to market their chickens and even eggs.

Play poorly and blood heavy ... It was attended for defamation ...

The mayor of Bala Ahmed Mansour, that what happened in the town, a (play poorly and blood heavy many), this is very unfortunate and power to bear responsibility before what happened, and the Minister of Health to assume all the result of his remarks, the latest crises in the Bala.

Mansour added together, it came to the town of Bala on Friday came only for defamation and photography in front of the cameras, they follow up on all farms in addition to the farmers.

In response to what was said by the Minister of Agriculture on the dead chickens on the road Mansour said, that it talked about a lot, and it was agreed among us commune, agriculture, remove it, and we hold that, we have worked to remove them again and orientation of an individual without the implementation of the agreement need to be engaged Agriculture.

And ended Mansour added: "What happened blow to farmers Bala, Traders do not deal with them, and even on the national level there is a negative impact," losses exceeded 2 million shekels, and why expect (bird flu), said that 40% of the economy Bala depends on the poultry sector in all its forms, in addition to eggs produced per day, ranging between 4-5 thousand cartons, which means losses are estimated for farmers and their economy.