China: reports new outbreak(Changji, Xinjiang) of bird flu - FAO
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BEIJING (AFX) - China today reported a new outbreak of deadly bird flu which has infected 128 geese and ducks in the northwestern Xinjiang region, killing 63 of them, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) told Agence France-Presse.
The outbreak -- the third reported by the Chinese government in the past two months -- occurred in Changji city near Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, the FAO said citing Chinese government information.
´We got this information from the Ministry of Agriculture this afternoon,´ said Noureddin Mona, the FAO´s representative in China. ´The report said 128 geese and ducks were infected, 63 have died.´
Citing the MOA report, which has not been made public, Mona said that authorities have culled 1,490 birds, including the infected geese and ducks and those raised in nearby farms.
´The MOA said it´s under control,´ Mona said. ´No human cases were reported.´
The infected birds were diagnosed by a national bird flu laboratory and determined to have died from the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, Mona said.
The MOA report did not say when the outbreak occurred.
Earlier this month, 1,042 geese were infected with H5N1 at a farm in Tacheng city in northwestern Xinjiang, near the border with Kazakhstan, with 460 of them dying, state media had reported.
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The outbreak -- the third reported by the Chinese government in the past two months -- occurred in Changji city near Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, the FAO said citing Chinese government information.
´We got this information from the Ministry of Agriculture this afternoon,´ said Noureddin Mona, the FAO´s representative in China. ´The report said 128 geese and ducks were infected, 63 have died.´
Citing the MOA report, which has not been made public, Mona said that authorities have culled 1,490 birds, including the infected geese and ducks and those raised in nearby farms.
´The MOA said it´s under control,´ Mona said. ´No human cases were reported.´
The infected birds were diagnosed by a national bird flu laboratory and determined to have died from the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, Mona said.
The MOA report did not say when the outbreak occurred.
Earlier this month, 1,042 geese were infected with H5N1 at a farm in Tacheng city in northwestern Xinjiang, near the border with Kazakhstan, with 460 of them dying, state media had reported.
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