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Agriculture Ministry Establishes 2 H5N1 ?Contamination Zones?
By Khuon Narim and Denise Hruby | March 6, 2014
The Ministry of Agriculture has created designated bird flu contamination zones in Phnom Penh and Kandal province following the deaths of hundreds of birds due to the H5N1 virus, officials said Wednesday.
Agriculture Minister Ouk Rabon signed two directives late last month saying that poultry being moved in or out of a 3 km radius from the outbreak epicenters had to be tested to prevent further spread of the virus.
In 2013, a total of 26 people contracted bird flu from dead or sick poultry and 12 died. So far this year, five cases in humans have been confirmed, and one boy has died from the disease. Health officials believe that the boy?s sister was also infected with bird flu, but she died before she could be tested...
Agriculture Ministry Establishes 2 H5N1 ?Contamination Zones?
By Khuon Narim and Denise Hruby | March 6, 2014
The Ministry of Agriculture has created designated bird flu contamination zones in Phnom Penh and Kandal province following the deaths of hundreds of birds due to the H5N1 virus, officials said Wednesday.
Agriculture Minister Ouk Rabon signed two directives late last month saying that poultry being moved in or out of a 3 km radius from the outbreak epicenters had to be tested to prevent further spread of the virus.
In 2013, a total of 26 people contracted bird flu from dead or sick poultry and 12 died. So far this year, five cases in humans have been confirmed, and one boy has died from the disease. Health officials believe that the boy?s sister was also infected with bird flu, but she died before she could be tested...