Home>News Center>China
       
 

Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Xinjiang
(Xinhua/Agencies)
Updated: 2005-06-09 15:11

China has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in its northwestern Xinjiang region, saying 460 geese had died of the H5N1 strain of the virus but the situation was under control.

Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Xinjiang
China has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in its northwestern Xinjiang region, saying 460 geese had died of the H5N1 strain of the virus but the situation was under control. [AFP]
"A total of 1,042 geese were affected and 460 of them died," the Ministry of Agriculture said via Xinhua news agency.

The outbreak occured at a farm in Tacheng city in the Xinjiang autonomous region.

More than 13,450 fowls have been slaughtered to prevent the disease from spreading while the local government has isolated and disinfected the area, it said.

"The outbreak had been brought under control and the source of agent was being investigated," Jia Youling, director general of the Veterinary Bureau of the ministry, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

In his report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), posted on its website, Jia said the geese were infected by migratory birds.

As well as the OIE, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and authorities in Hong Kong and Taiwan had been informed, Xinhua said.

The outbreak follows the deaths from H5N1 of more than 1,000 migratory birds last month in Qinghai province which borders Xinjiang, the first confirmed outbreak in China in nearly a year.

A Chinese veterinary official said then that the disease was spreading along a western China migratory bird route that stretched from South Asia to Central Asia and flew over the Himalayas through the Tibet and Qinghai regions.

Hong Kong immediately moved to suspend imports of poultry from Xinjiang Thursday, officials said.

Hong Kong has been quick to prevent further outbreaks of the H5N1 strain entering the territory since the variant first mutated into a form lethal to humans there in 1997, killing six people.

The H5N1 virus has been fingered as a possible new strain of flu that could be devastating to humans if it genetically mutates and develops the capacity to be transmitted from human-to-human.

The World Health Organization has warned that if this happens it could trigger a new human flu pandemic, potentially killing up to 50 million people worldwide.

So far, a total of 54 deaths have been recorded from H5N1 in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia.



Fire kills 5 in Northeast China
Aerobatics show in Hunan
Final rehearsal
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Australia, US, Japan praise China for Asia engagement

 

   
 

Banker: China doing its best on flexible yuan

 

   
 

Hopes high for oil pipeline deal

 

   
 

Possibilities of bird flu outbreaks reduced

 

   
 

Milosevic buried after emotional farewell

 

   
 

China considers trade contracts in India

 

   
  EU likely to impose tax on imports of Chinese shoes
   
  Bankers confident about future growth
   
  Curtain to be raised on Year of Russia
   
  Coal output set to reach record high of 2.5b tons
   
  WTO: China should reconsider currency plan
   
  China: Military buildup 'transparent'
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Bird flu capable of human-to-human infection
   
Emergency measures to prevent bird flu
   
Poultry gets bird flu vaccine in Qinghai plateau
   
Bird flu outbreak in Qinghai an 'isolated' case
   
New vaccines developed to stop bird flu
   
China: Foot-and-mouth disease under control
   
Nation ready as bird flu outbreak is stemmed
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 草草久久久无码国产专区| www.5any.com| 最近最新中文字幕免费的一页 | chinese国产xxxx实拍| 欧洲美熟女乱又伦免费视频| 人妻体内射精一区二区| 99re最新这里只有精品| 好男人手机在线| 亚洲av无码不卡在线播放| 美女大量吞精在线观看456| 国产精品午夜在线播放a| 中文字幕免费在线观看 | 国产欧美视频高清va在线观看| 91香蕉视频污| 无码人妻一区二区三区免费n鬼沢| 亚洲人成亚洲人成在线观看| 精品国产日韩亚洲一区二区| 国产精品亚洲一区二区三区在线| bollywoodtubesexvideos| 快点cao我要被cao烂了| 亚洲AV无码久久久久网站蜜桃| 欧美理论片在线| 啊灬用力灬啊灬啊灬啊| 男女抽搐一进一出无遮挡| 性做久久久久久免费观看| 久久久亚洲精品国产| 每日更新在线观看av| 免费va人成视频网站全| 国产在视频线在精品| 99久久er这里只有精品18| 无遮掩60分钟从头啪到尾| 亚洲天堂一区二区三区| 波多野结衣大片| 又粗又硬又黄又爽的免费视频 | 欧美日本免费一区二区三区| 四虎影视永久在线观看| 网站在线观看你懂的| 少妇熟女久久综合网色欲| 久久精品一区二区三区中文字幕| 污视频网站在线观看| 可播放的gαy片男男|