Saudi Arabia - Ministry announces bird flu (H5N8) - December 20, 2017

[Gert van der Hoek]

Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture announces the number of birds infected with bird flu H5N8

Riyadh, February 20, SPA -

The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture announced today that a number of birds have been infected with bird flu (H5N8) in the market Aziziyah in Riyadh, after a report yesterday reported the deaths of birds, accompanied by respiratory symptoms and nervous.

The ministry said that when a notice was received at the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture Central Bureau of Information and Emergency, the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture reported that there was a significant difference in the number of infected birds. Birds of high ferocity (H5N8) in municipal chickens, turkeys and ducks.

The ministry has also started coordinating with the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Health to implement prevention measures and emergency plans for avian flu, closing the entire market and banning the entry and exit of birds and selling them in the market.

[Gert van der Hoek]

The Municipality of the Riyadh Region begins the precautionary closure of the Azizia market for birds

dec 20, 2017

The Secretariat of the Riyadh Region has decided to close the Al Azizia Poultry Market in a precautionary manner, following the receipt of a communication from the General Directorate of Agriculture Affairs in Riyadh concerning the suspected infection of avian influenza (H5N8) and the formation of a committee with agriculture with the participation of a number of concerned public departments in the Secretariat, : General Administration of Environmental Health - General Administration of Markets - General Administration of Hygiene - General Administration of Rest and Safety - General Administration for Operation and Maintenance - Municipality of Aziziyah.

The establishments have been restricted, the sale and purchase in the market has been prohibited, and all facilities have been closed in a precautionary manner.

The Riyadh Regional Secretariat pointed out that a team was formed, comprising a number of veterinarians, assistants, health monitors and engineers. In order to direct the situation in the market, follow up on the situation on the ground, and supervise any developments of the sick cases of birds.

The Secretariat announced its readiness, in coordination with the General Administration of Agriculture Affairs in Riyadh, with equipment, mechanisms and hygiene teams to follow up and remedy the satisfactory situation in the Azizia market for birds.

[Pathfinder]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Saudi Arabia

Information received on 22/12/2017 from Dr Ali Al Doweriej, Director General of Veterinary Health and Monitoring Department, Veterinary Health and Monitoring Department, Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, RIYADH, Saudi Arabia

Summary Report type Immediate notification Date of start of the event 19/12/2017 Date of confirmation of the event 20/12/2017 Report date 22/12/2017 Date submitted to OIE 22/12/2017 Reason for notification Recurrence of a listed disease Date of previous occurrence 29/01/2008 Manifestation of disease Clinical disease Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N8 Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (advanced) This event pertains to a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 Riyadh, Riyadh, AR RIYAD Date of start of the outbreak 19/12/2017 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Other Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Birds 60040 14 14 60026 0

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1 Total animals affected Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Birds 60040 14 14 60026 0 Outbreak statistics Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Birds 0.02% 0.02% 100.00% 100.00% *Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

Epidemiology Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures Measures applied Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals Measures to be applied Movement control inside the country Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Quarantine Stamping out Disinfection

Diagnostic test results Laboratory name and type Species Test Test date Result Riyadh Veterinary Diagnosis Laboratory (National laboratory) Birds real-time PCR 20/12/2017 Positive

Future Reporting The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

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