Bird Flu virus detected in Jhapa, again
Kantipur Report
JHAPA, Feb 20 - Bird flu has been detected in a village of Jhapa district in eastern Nepal on Friday.
H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, the causative agent of the dreaded bird flu, has been detected in a chicken sample collected from Sharanamati VDC of the district, spokesperson at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Hari Dahal said.
The virus was detected in a chicken imported from India.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is set to organise a press conference to give further information about the outbreak.
Nepal had managed to remain unscathed by the avian virus even after it was traced in neighboring villages of India and the first outbreak of the disease was confirmed in mid-January.
After the first outbreak of the disease in the country on Jan. 16, the government had declared emergency in the area that lied within a radius of ten kilometre from the quarantine office in Kakarbhitta of Jhapa.
Posted on: 2009-02-20
Kantipur Report
JHAPA, Feb 20 - Bird flu has been detected in a village of Jhapa district in eastern Nepal on Friday.
H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, the causative agent of the dreaded bird flu, has been detected in a chicken sample collected from Sharanamati VDC of the district, spokesperson at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Hari Dahal said.
The virus was detected in a chicken imported from India.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is set to organise a press conference to give further information about the outbreak.
Nepal had managed to remain unscathed by the avian virus even after it was traced in neighboring villages of India and the first outbreak of the disease was confirmed in mid-January.
After the first outbreak of the disease in the country on Jan. 16, the government had declared emergency in the area that lied within a radius of ten kilometre from the quarantine office in Kakarbhitta of Jhapa.
Posted on: 2009-02-20
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