Home>News Center>Bizchina
       
 

Official: Massive bird flu outbreak possible
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-02-26 08:34

China warned of the threat of a massive avian flu outbreak among birds in the country as it reported two new human cases of the virus, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.

Agriculture Minister Du Qinglin said China culled 23 million fowl in 2005 as it sought to halt the spread of the disease. Of those, 163,000 were found to have the H5N1 strain of bird flu, according to Xinhua.

Du said his ministry would stick to consistent epidemic monitoring, diagnosing and reporting, and strengthen poultry vaccinating and virus testing.

"In view of the current situation, the possibility of a massive bird flu outbreak could not be ruled out," Du said, repeating a similar warning issued earlier this week when he said a big outbreak could occur in the spring.

Chinese farmers raised about 15 billion poultry in 2005, or 21 percent of the world's total, Du said.

Earlier on Saturday, Xinhua reported that two new human cases of bird flu had been diagnosed in the east of the country.

A Chinese girl in eastern Zhejiang province and a woman farmer in neighbouring Anhui province were currently in critical condition, Xinhua cited the Ministry of Health as saying.

The woman farmer, who was diagnosed on Feb. 11 with symptoms of fever and pneumonia, had come into contact with sick and dead poultry, Xinhua said.

The girl, a nine-year-old from Anji County, had visited relatives who kept poultry but it was not clear how she had been infected, Xinhua said.

China's Ministry of Health has reported the two new cases to the World Health Organisation, and to authorities in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other countries and regions, Xinhua said.

The latest cases brought the total number of human cases of bird flu in China to 14. Eight of those have died while four have recovered.

China has reported more than 30 outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in both poultry and wild birds in a dozen provinces in the past year.

Bird flu is highly contagious among poultry and can spread through an entire flock in hours. It remains difficult for humans to catch but has killed more than 90 people worldwide since late 2003.

So far most human victims of the virus have had direct or indirect contact with infected birds, but there are fears the virus will mutate into a strain easily passed among people, causing a pandemic in which millions could die.



 
  Story Tools  
   
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲AV无码乱码在线观看代蜜桃 | 欧美精品束缚一区二区三区| 别揉我奶头~嗯~啊~视频在线观看| baoyu122.永久免费视频| 日日AV色欲香天天综合网| 亚洲av永久无码精品网站| 永久免费视频网站在线观看| 公交车被CAO得合不拢腿视频| 色屁屁影视大全| 国产在线精品网址你懂的| 男女xx动态图| 成人免费无码大片a毛片软件| 亚洲精品你懂的| 青梅竹马嗯哦ch| 国产真实乱对白精彩久久| 一级毛片**不卡免费播| 日本一线a视频免费观看| 亚洲欧美日韩精品中文乱码| 福利视频导航网| 和阿同居的日子hd中字| 一道本不卡视频| 538国产视频| 日韩欧美一区二区三区免费观看 | 亚洲精品成人av在线| 男攻在开会男受在桌子底下 | 免费人成黄页在线观看国产 | 亚洲国产精品sss在线观看AV| 网站在线观看你懂的| 国产乱子经典视频在线观看| 麻豆国产尤物av尤物在线观看| 天天操视频夜夜| 一本一道久久a久久精品综合| 日韩电影手机在线观看| 亚洲乱码无限2021芒果| 精品久久中文字幕| 四只虎免费永久观看| 色妞WW精品视频7777| 国产一区日韩二区欧美三区| 车文里的冰块棉签是干啥用的| 国产卡一卡二卡三卡四| 4hu44四虎在线观看|