Adds import ban to forestall entry of one other pressure, quote
Adds import ban to forestall entry of one other pressure, quote
MANILA, Jan 19 (Reuters) – The Philippines is now freed from the extremely pathogenic H5N6 chicken flu virus, the Division of Agriculture mentioned on Tuesday, citing a declaration by the World Group for Animal Well being (OIE).
“As of Jan. 8, the nation is now freed from the final remaining A(H5N6) pressure of the avian Influenza,” having resolved the outbreaks in Pampanga province and a village in Rizal, close to the capital area, it mentioned in an announcement.
Nevertheless, the Southeast Asian nation, a significant importer of rooster and different poultry merchandise, was not dropping its guard towards the illness, it mentioned.
The agriculture division had imposed a short lived ban on the importation of home and wild birds and their merchandise from France, South Korea, the Netherlands, and Poland, the place one other extremely pathogenic pressure – H5N8 – has been detected.
The Philippines is among the many world’s greatest meat importers and shoppers, with rooster, pork and beef all a mainstay within the Filipino eating regimen.
In a report back to the OIE, the Bureau of Animal Trade (BAI) – an company beneath the agriculture division – mentioned the affected farms in Pampanga and Rizal had proven no additional proof of the presence of the H5N6 virus.
“We had not detected any case…among the many poultry and different chicken inhabitants within the final 90 days after the completion of cleansing and disinfection within the affected farms,” BAI Director Ronnie Domingo mentioned.
Avian flu outbreaks are a recurring concern for the agriculture division and the native poultry trade, having recorded outbreak instances in 2017 and 2018.
(Reporting by Enrico Dela Cruz Modifying by Ed Davies)
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