Concerned agencies in Quang Ngai and Thanh Hoa provinces are taking the necessary measures to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu, which has killed thousands of chicken and ducks over the past several days.
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Nguyen Van Thuan, deputy head of the central Quang Ngai Province Veterinary Sub-department, said on Monday afternoon that his agency was focusing its efforts on preventing the spread of H5N1 avian influenza after detecting a large outbreak on a local farm in Phu Cuong Commune, Duc Pho District.
About 1,800 chicken infected with the H5N1 virus on this farm have been incinerated, Thuan said.
The agency has provided the district with 40,000 doses of vaccines that will be distributed to farmers living near the affected farm to give to their poultry.
The agency has also sprayed chemicals to disinfect the affected farms and surrounding areas.
The first instance in 2014 of vaccination for all poultry across the country will also be conducted soon, Thuan said.
In northern Thanh Hoa province, local authorities reported that the H5N1 bird flu broke out in Tinh Gia District, killing nearly 200 ducks on a farm in Anh Son Commune.
The provincial Veterinary Sub-department has taken samples of affected poultry for testing and the test results have confirmed the appearance of the H5N1 virus.
The provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has required local authorities to set up quarantine checkpoints to examine the poultry transported into and out of the affected area.
Meanwhile, in southern Long An Province, the local Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed that it is diarrhea, not avian flu, that killed about 8,000 chickens just before, during, and after Tet on farms in Can Duoc, Tan Tru, and Chau Thanh districts.
However, about 1 million doses of vaccines against a number of diseases affecting poultry have been provided to these districts.
As previously reported, a 52-year-old man in southern Binh Phuoc Province died of H5N1 avian flu on January 18, the first human death from the H5N1 flu virus in 2014.
The victim, Hoang Van Minh, of Bu Dang District, was hospitalized at Bu Dang General Hospital on January 11, 2014 with a fever, cough, and difficulty breathing. Doctors diagnosed him with viral pneumonia.
Six days later, he was transferred to the Infection Department of the Binh Phuoc General Hospital. As Minh’s condition worsened, he was transferred to the Tropical Diseases Hospital on January 18 and died later that day.
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