World bulletin : declared in China bans live poultry trade amid bird flu outbreak

15:32, 17 February 2017 FridayChina bans live poultry trade amid bird flu outbreakWorld Bulletin / News DeskChina has banned live poultry trade in several provinces amid an outbreak of the avian flu, the state media reported Friday. "The virus was found in 40 percent of live poultry markets this month, compared with 10 percent in September. All rural live poultry markets there were closed from Saturday", it said. "On Thursday, Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, stopped live poultry trading for the rest of the month, with all poultry markets to be thoroughly disinfected", the official Xinhua News Agency said. China reported its first case of human infection with the H7N9 strain in March 2013 while the world's first bird flu case was reported in May 2014, in southwest Sichuan Province.

China closes live poultry markets amid deadly bird flu outbreak

Most reported cases have been found in the densely populated Yangtze and Pearl river deltas from Shanghai to Hong Kong. The Associated PressBEIJING - China is ordering the closure of live poultry markets in its south-central regions as it grapples with the worst outbreak of bird flu in years that has killed at least 87 people. State media reported Friday that the National Health and Family Planning Commission ordered closures anywhere with cases of the H7N7 strain. A preference among Chinese for live-bought, freshly-slaughtered poultry complicates the government's efforts to eradicate such diseases. In addition to the market closures, the commission is training health workers in the screening, early diagnosis and treatment of the disease, while urging people to avoid contact with live birds.


China has ordered the closure of live poultry markets in south-central regions after the deaths of at least 87 people in the worst outbreak of bird flu in years. Share Facebook Twitter Google EmailGo ToMost reported cases have been found in the densely populated Yangtze and Pearl river deltas from Shanghai to Hong Kong. More than 250 cases of bird flu have been reported in 16 provinces and regions of south-central ChinaChina has ordered the closure of live poultry markets in south-central regions after the deaths of at least 87 people in the worst outbreak of bird flu in years. State media reported on Friday that the National Health and Family Planning Commission had ordered closures anywhere with cases of the H7N9 strain. A preference among Chinese for live-bought, freshly-slaughtered poultry complicates the government's efforts to eradicate such diseases.



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