China confirmed a new outbreak of H5N1 bird flu among migratory birds in
western Qinghai province and Tibet Autonomous Region, the Ministry of
Agriculture (MOA) said yesterday.
The outbreak in Tibet's Nagqu Prefecture and Qinghai's Golog Tibetan
Autonomous Prefecture occurred on the same migratory route where another
outbreak in Yushu of Qinghai was reported early this month.
A total of 399 wild birds have been found dead in the two areas, the ministry
said, noting that all were in the wild areas where few people live and no
poultry are raised.
Local governments have disinfected the areas where the dead birds were found,
and no domestic poultry have been affected.
