China has discovered a new H5N1 bird flu case in poultry in the western
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said
yesterdsay.
The case was identified after domestic poultry at a farm in Xinjiang's Hetian
County died of an unclear illness.
The dead poultry were confirmed to have been infected with the bird flu virus
on Wednesday after testing at the national bird flu laboratory.
The MOA has sent expert teams to Hetian to control any possible outbreak.
An emergency mechanism has been launched and the local veterinary departments
have set up examination stations to disinfect people and vehicles into and out
of the affected area.