| Submit your comments on this article |
| Southeast Asia |
| Avian Flu Rapidly Spreading in Vietnam - Approaching Ho Chi Minh City |
| 2006-12-25 |
| VietNamNet Bridge – The virus H5N1 has attacked many fowl: killing 600 chickens and 2,100 ducks in Khanh Binh and Khanh Hai communes, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province from December 11 – 20, 2006. The epidemic has spread to Vinh Binh commune, Hoa Binh district, Bac Lieu province. According to Ms. Chau Thi Kim Tuyen, Vice Head of the Ca Mau province Department of Veterinary Inspection, many local residents killed diseased poultry and threw the corpses into Hiep Hoa canal, which made the epidemic spread more rapidly among poultry breeding farms in Khanh Binh commune and others nearby. The Chairmen of the Bac Lieu and Ca Mau province People's Committees immediately announced the bird flu outbreak in Khanh Binh and Vinh Hoa communes, banning the transportation of poultry out of restricted areas, and began spraying sanitary medicines into areas of high risk. So far, the new outbreak of bird flu epidemic has appeared in three communes of Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces. The number of poultry killed and destroyed has reached 8,300: 1,000 chickens and 7,300 ducks. In response to the spreading disease, authorities in HCM City have initiated emergency measures to prevent the epidemic from attacking the city. Accordingly, many quarantine stations have been reinforced to control the poultry transported into the city. Staff at the quarantine stations will be on duty all day and night with modern preventive equipment for thorough inspections. All the slaughter houses in the city will be carefully checked to ensure that quarantine procedures are being strictly adhered to. All other relevant agencies will strictly punish those found guilty of raising diseased poultry or transporting it into the city. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |