China Moves to Contain Avian Flu Outbreak
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28 May, 2005 23:10 GMT
Veterinarians are conducting door-to-door vaccinations of birds kept as livestock across Qinghai province, where more than 1,000 migratory birds, including bar-headed geese and great black-headed gulls, have been found dead from the H5N1 strain of avian flu.
China has vaccinated more than 1.5 million birds in the northwest province of Qinghai after the outbreak of bird flu there, in hopes of preventing the virus from spreading to domestic animals and humans.
The large-scale vaccination campaign has been finished throughout Gangca County and the surrounding region, where the avian flu was registered.
The campaign is moving to the key poultry-raising region in the east, provincial headquarters in charge of grave animal epidemic prevention and control said Friday.
Veterinarians are conducting door-to-door vaccinations for birds kept as livestock across the province. Local governments at all levels have been teaching people with epidemic knowledge and everyone is required to report to specific departments about new findings of sick poultry.
More than 1,000 migratory birds, including bar-headed geese and great black-headed gulls, have been found dead from the H5N1 strain of avian flu in Qinghai.
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