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The virus knows no borders. Kazakhstan lost nearly 2 million birds during the 2020 H5N8 outbreak, yet six years later, weak surveillance along migratory routes remains one of Central Asia’s main vulnerabilities, DKNews.kz reports.
The threat was discussed on July 21 during an international technical webinar organized by the Regional Secretariat of the One Health Program in Central Asia. More than 50 experts in veterinary medicine, public health, ecology, vaccinology and laboratory diagnostics took part.
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The real indicators are different: the time between finding a dead bird and receiving a laboratory result, the number of monitored wetlands, the readiness of field teams and the speed of notifying neighboring countries.
Central Asia needs a shared map of migration risks and compatible laboratory protocols. Otherwise, each country will see only the part of the outbreak inside its borders while the virus moves freely across the entire region.
... https://dknews.kz/en/articles-in-en..., 2024, the,virus belonging to clade 2.3.4.4b.
The virus knows no borders. Kazakhstan lost nearly 2 million birds during the 2020 H5N8 outbreak, yet six years later, weak surveillance along migratory routes remains one of Central Asia’s main vulnerabilities, DKNews.kz reports.
The threat was discussed on July 21 during an international technical webinar organized by the Regional Secretariat of the One Health Program in Central Asia. More than 50 experts in veterinary medicine, public health, ecology, vaccinology and laboratory diagnostics took part.
-snip-
The real indicators are different: the time between finding a dead bird and receiving a laboratory result, the number of monitored wetlands, the readiness of field teams and the speed of notifying neighboring countries.
Central Asia needs a shared map of migration risks and compatible laboratory protocols. Otherwise, each country will see only the part of the outbreak inside its borders while the virus moves freely across the entire region.
... https://dknews.kz/en/articles-in-en..., 2024, the,virus belonging to clade 2.3.4.4b.