Published
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Fears after bird flu outbreak in Monywa
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Following an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farming zone in upper Myanmar, the Ministry of Health has urged farmers nationwide yesterday to carry out strict bio security measures at poultry farms in order to prevent human infection, the Global New Light of Myanmar reported on 21 April.
In the announcement, the ministry said that strains H5 and H9 of the bird flu virus broke out at a farming zone in Monywa on April 3.
The same farming zone also saw an outbreak of H5N1 in February last year which resulted in the culling of more than 140,000 chickens and 500,000 quails.
The Ministry of Health confirmed that there has been no humans infected as yet.
Mandalay and Sagaing saw outbreaks of bird flu seven times from 2006 to 2015 the report said.
