Epidemic prevention workers prepare to put killed poultry on trucks
in Hetian of northwest China's
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 15,
2005. Highly pathogenic bird flu epidemic was reported in Hetian
City of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Chinese Ministry
of Agriculture said on Thursday.
China has discovered a new H5N1 bird flu case in poultry in the
western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the Ministry
of Agriculture (MOA) on Wednesday.
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.
(Xinhua News Agency June 8, 2006)
