China has discovered H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry in the
northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the Ministry of
Agriculture (MOA) said.
The National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory on Thursday
discovered the H5N1 bird flu virus from the samples collected at
the Xuanhe town of Zhongwei City in Ningxia, the MOA said on Friday
evening.
Upon the case was identified, the MOA immediately sent expert
teams to Zhongwei 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.
(Xinhua News Agency July 1, 2006)