China lifts embargo on bird flu-stricken area in Hunan
6/9/2006 17:10
Chinese authorities today lifted the embargo on Kaifu district of Changsha
City, Hunan Province in central China, where H5N1 bird flu cases were confirmed
in August.
There have been no new cases of bird flu since the last sick fowl
was culled 21 days ago, nor any cases of human contamination with the disease,
the Ministry of Agriculture said.
Local veterinarians found the first dead
birds at a duck farm in the city on Aug. 4. Bird flu was confirmed as the cause
of death on Aug. 14.
Since then, all 217,000 ducks on the farm have been
culled, and fowls in the embargoed areas have been vaccinated, the ministry
said.
xinhua
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