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The Galapagos National Park said Tuesday that it had detected its first cases of avian flu on the remote islands, home to unique bird species that helped inspire the theory of evolution. Three positive cases of the H5N1 virus were detected after reports of visibly sick birds on the islands, the park said in a statement. The Galapagos archipelago is a bird-watchers paradise with scores of unique and colorful species, such as the blue-footed booby […]
by Anna SMOLCHENKO and Amélie BAUBEAU Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia said Saturday that its scientists had detected the world’s first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization. In televised remarks, the head of Russia’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said scientists at the Vektor laboratory had isolated the strain’s genetic material from seven workers at a […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Department of Agriculture (DA) regional executive director Roy Abaya on Monday, August 21 announced that the cleaning and disinfecting process with areas exposed to the avian influenza virus had been completed. Abaya said that almost 500,000 poultry animals were culled in bird flu-affected farms, but will still have to wait for another 21 days before declaring the town of San Luis, Pampanga of bird flu-free. “Then we will wait […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police Region III Office will arrest individuals who will attempt to smuggle poultry products out of the 1-kilometer quarantine zone in Pampanga affected by avian flu. According to PNP Region III Director Chief Supt. Aaron Aquino, the PNP had already established checkpoints in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry in order to control the egress of poultry products in the 1-km quarantine zone. https://youtu.be/BJeI1hjiSgY
(Eagle News) — Mismong sina Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol at mga lokal na opisyal ng Pampanga ang kumain ng mga balut at iba pang poultry dishes ng San Luis, Pampanga. Ito’y upang ipakita na ligtas kainin ang mga itlog at iba pang poultry products mula sa nasabing bayan at sa buong lalawigan. Subalit sa harap nito, hindi pa rin mailalabas ang mga poultry product mula sa idineklarang one-kilometer radius control area kung saan naka-concentrate […]
The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that an OFW from China died from a suspected case of bird flu. According to the DOH, the patient arrived in the country last February 9 and the following day complained of coughs, fever and stomach pain. Although the OFW consulted doctors on February 11, his condition worsened and died on February 14. According to the DOH, they are considering avian flu as the patient’s cause of death since […]
QUEZON CITY, PIA- To protect Filipino consumers, the Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued a temporary ban on poultry meat and eggs coming from the US’s Oregon State, and Haifa, Israel, the agency announced over the weekend. “The Philippine government put a temporary ban on the import of domestic and wild birds and their products coming from Oregon, USA, as a precautionary measure against Avian Flu,” DA Secretary Proceso Alcala said in a statement, […]
