Myanmar reports first bird flu case
Myanmar reports first bird flu case
According to The Daily Star News, BD.
Myanmar reported its first case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu yesterday, a day after the virus gained new ground in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Lab tests confirmed the outbreak in northern Myanmar after 112 chickens died, said Laurence Gleeson, a senior official at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, citing a report from the Myanmar government.
Afghanistan has detected five cases of the H5 type of bird flu virus and there is a high risk it is the deadly H5N1 strain, United Nations and Afghan officials said Monday.
Three cases of H5 bird flu were detected in the capital Kabul and two in the eastern province of Nangarhar, said Azizullah Osmani, spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.
"Some samples we tested yesterday are positive for H5 but to determine the sub-type the samples have been sent to Italy," Osmani said at a press conference.
Pakistan is investigating a possible second outbreak of bird flu after poultry farmers threw around 2,000 chicken carcasses on a dumping ground, officials said Monday.
The dead birds were discovered in the southern city of Hyderabad, sparking fears among the public and prompting local authorities to order extensive precautionary measures, the local mayor said.
The scare comes as Pakistan waits to learn from a British laboratory whether birds found with the H5 strain in northwestern Pakistan last month had the deadly H5N1 strain.
"We have summoned samples of the dead birds from Hyderabad to test in the laboratory," said Mohammad Afzal, spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Livestock.
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Strict watch on Myanmar border
According to The Daily Star News, BD.
The government yesterday ordered an intensified vigil against entry of poultry birds and products from Myanmar hours after Yangon reported outbreak of avian flu in its central region.
"All district and upazila livestock officials have been asked to remain alert against entry of poultry birds and products from Myanmar into the country," Dr Salehuddin Mahmud, director general of the Livestock Services, told the news agency.
He said though Bangladesh does not import any poultry birds or products from Myanmar, the frontier vigilance has been intensified as an extra-precaution against entry of birds by chance.
Myanmar reported that it found strains of H5N1 virus in dead poultry around its central city of Mandalaya. Veterinarians said the flu had killed at least 112 birds around the city.
The government prohibited imports of chicks from several countries, including Thailand, India and Malaysia, as part of its vigilance against bird flu to save Bangladesh's growing poultry industry.
GMA-News
According to The Daily Star News, BD.
Myanmar reported its first case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu yesterday, a day after the virus gained new ground in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Lab tests confirmed the outbreak in northern Myanmar after 112 chickens died, said Laurence Gleeson, a senior official at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, citing a report from the Myanmar government.
Afghanistan has detected five cases of the H5 type of bird flu virus and there is a high risk it is the deadly H5N1 strain, United Nations and Afghan officials said Monday.
Three cases of H5 bird flu were detected in the capital Kabul and two in the eastern province of Nangarhar, said Azizullah Osmani, spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.
"Some samples we tested yesterday are positive for H5 but to determine the sub-type the samples have been sent to Italy," Osmani said at a press conference.
Pakistan is investigating a possible second outbreak of bird flu after poultry farmers threw around 2,000 chicken carcasses on a dumping ground, officials said Monday.
The dead birds were discovered in the southern city of Hyderabad, sparking fears among the public and prompting local authorities to order extensive precautionary measures, the local mayor said.
The scare comes as Pakistan waits to learn from a British laboratory whether birds found with the H5 strain in northwestern Pakistan last month had the deadly H5N1 strain.
"We have summoned samples of the dead birds from Hyderabad to test in the laboratory," said Mohammad Afzal, spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Livestock.
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Strict watch on Myanmar border
According to The Daily Star News, BD.
The government yesterday ordered an intensified vigil against entry of poultry birds and products from Myanmar hours after Yangon reported outbreak of avian flu in its central region.
"All district and upazila livestock officials have been asked to remain alert against entry of poultry birds and products from Myanmar into the country," Dr Salehuddin Mahmud, director general of the Livestock Services, told the news agency.
He said though Bangladesh does not import any poultry birds or products from Myanmar, the frontier vigilance has been intensified as an extra-precaution against entry of birds by chance.
Myanmar reported that it found strains of H5N1 virus in dead poultry around its central city of Mandalaya. Veterinarians said the flu had killed at least 112 birds around the city.
The government prohibited imports of chicks from several countries, including Thailand, India and Malaysia, as part of its vigilance against bird flu to save Bangladesh's growing poultry industry.
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