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Bolivia activates health emergency due to avian flu outbreak
Posted 30 January 2023 (3 hours 51 minutes ago)
The National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Service (Senasag) of Bolivia activated this Sunday the National Animal Health Emergency System and recommended increasing security measures in poultry production farms due to the detection of cases of bird flu in Cochabamba.
The director of Senasag, Javier Suárez, reported that the health entity established all containment measures to control and eradicate this disease, after confirming its presence in a poultry farm in the town of Sacaba.
According to Suárez, "more than 18 brigades have been deployed for the control and subsequent elimination of the virus (H5N1) present in the sources of infection in the municipality of Sacaba in the department of Cochabamba."
He explained that Senasag is working together with the Bolivian Armed Forces and Police to combat the outbreak: “We are also coordinating with other levels of State such as the Governor's Office and municipal governments. An animal health emergency has been established in the first instance for 120 days, a situation that can be reduced or lengthened according to the epidemiological situation.
The investigations were activated after the death of several birds on a farm in Sacaba, where emergency measures have now been activated to disinfect the area and prevent further spread....
Bolivia activates health emergency due to avian flu outbreak
Posted 30 January 2023 (3 hours 51 minutes ago)
The National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Service (Senasag) of Bolivia activated this Sunday the National Animal Health Emergency System and recommended increasing security measures in poultry production farms due to the detection of cases of bird flu in Cochabamba.
The director of Senasag, Javier Suárez, reported that the health entity established all containment measures to control and eradicate this disease, after confirming its presence in a poultry farm in the town of Sacaba.
According to Suárez, "more than 18 brigades have been deployed for the control and subsequent elimination of the virus (H5N1) present in the sources of infection in the municipality of Sacaba in the department of Cochabamba."
He explained that Senasag is working together with the Bolivian Armed Forces and Police to combat the outbreak: “We are also coordinating with other levels of State such as the Governor's Office and municipal governments. An animal health emergency has been established in the first instance for 120 days, a situation that can be reduced or lengthened according to the epidemiological situation.
The investigations were activated after the death of several birds on a farm in Sacaba, where emergency measures have now been activated to disinfect the area and prevent further spread....
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