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Taiwan finds H9N2 bird flu on outlying island close to China
Orders close monitoring of 21 people and culling of 4,551 chickens on Kinmen
By Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2023/03/17 17:49
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan ordered the close monitoring of 21 people and the culling of 4,551 chickens after finding the H9N2 bird flu virus on the outlying island of Kinmen, reports said Friday (March 17).
H9N2 has been known to infect people, though the risk is low, according to the Council of Agriculture’s (COA) Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ). The people who had been in contact with the infected poultry in Kinmen were 20 prevention workers and one farm employee, but none had shown any related symptoms, the Liberty Times reported...
Taiwan finds H9N2 bird flu on outlying island close to China
Orders close monitoring of 21 people and culling of 4,551 chickens on Kinmen
By Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2023/03/17 17:49
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan ordered the close monitoring of 21 people and the culling of 4,551 chickens after finding the H9N2 bird flu virus on the outlying island of Kinmen, reports said Friday (March 17).
H9N2 has been known to infect people, though the risk is low, according to the Council of Agriculture’s (COA) Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ). The people who had been in contact with the infected poultry in Kinmen were 20 prevention workers and one farm employee, but none had shown any related symptoms, the Liberty Times reported...