sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Daily Summary of Avian Influenza Surveillance (H5N8)
09/04/1439
- The number of casualties during the past 24 hours (8) injuries in Riyadh, Al-Kharj, Hremala and Al-Quwaiyya and Hira, one of them for a poultry project.
- The field teams in the city of Riyadh, in cooperation with the Riyadh Municipality, have completed the disposal of 85627 birds in one of the poultry projects.
- The field teams in Al-Muzahmiyeh continue to conduct the inspection and investigation of the affected areas. To date, 1232 birds have been disposed of in 12 locations.
- The number of samples that arrived at the veterinary diagnosis laboratory in Riyadh till today (1220) samples since the beginning of the outbreak, and collected the samples based on citizens' reports, and the procedures of examination and investigation in the vicinity of the affected areas.
- During the last 24 hours, the number of communications decreased to (9), compared to (20) to (30) during the first six days since the announcement of the disease.
- The ministry today concluded an emergency workshop for the biosecurity observers and how to follow up the control plan for bird flu in all veterinary teams in the Kingdom.
https://www.mewa.gov.sa/ar/MediaCent...s/Pages/4.aspx
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Daily Summary of Avian Influenza Surveillance (H5N8)
10/04/1439
- The number of samples that arrived at the veterinary diagnosis laboratory in Riyadh till today reached 1503 samples since the beginning of the outbreak. The samples were collected on the basis of citizens' reports and procedures of surveying and investigation in the vicinity of the affected areas.
- The number of cases of avian influenza among birds during the past twenty-four hours one injury in a breeding coop in Al-Ahsa in the Eastern Province, and the Ministry began to implement the contingency plan in cooperation with the competent authorities.
- The field teams continued to complete the cleaning and prevention procedures in one of the poultry projects. The field teams, in collaboration with the Municipality of Darma, completed the safe disposal of 120,000 birds in the project.
- The field teams in Al-Kharj continue to complete the clearance and prevention procedures in one of the affected areas. The field teams, in cooperation with Al-Kharj Municipality, completed the safe disposal of 4240 birds.
- In Muzahmiyeh, the field teams, in cooperation with the municipality of Al-Muzahmiya, continue to clean up and prevent eight sites, and 1573 birds were safely disposed of.
- The field teams, in collaboration with the Riyadh Municipality, have completed the cleaning and prevention procedures in one of the poultry projects in Riyadh city, and 103,640 birds have been safely disposed of at the site.
- The number of communications received by the emergency room during the past 24 hours was 14, 21 of them were received, and 42 were sent to the emergency room.
- The Ministry stresses the poultry farms in the Kingdom of the need to tighten biosecurity measures, and non-transport in the areas of infection with avian influenza, and the need to clean and wash transport vehicles at the entrances of farms, slaughterhouses and poultry feed factories within the projects, and field teams will visit the inspection, And the pace of sanctions according to regulations.
- The ministry has banned all poultry projects and transport companies, in addition to bird breeders and individuals, any transfer of birds between the regions of the Kingdom without obtaining permission from the ministry.
- The ministry called on bird breeders in the Kingdom to avoid buying live birds from unknown sources, and not to bring birds to markets and places of sale indiscriminately, to reduce the risk of spreading the disease.
https://www.mewa.gov.sa/ar/MediaCent...s/Pages/5.aspx
09/04/1439
- The number of casualties during the past 24 hours (8) injuries in Riyadh, Al-Kharj, Hremala and Al-Quwaiyya and Hira, one of them for a poultry project.
- The field teams in the city of Riyadh, in cooperation with the Riyadh Municipality, have completed the disposal of 85627 birds in one of the poultry projects.
- The field teams in Al-Muzahmiyeh continue to conduct the inspection and investigation of the affected areas. To date, 1232 birds have been disposed of in 12 locations.
- The number of samples that arrived at the veterinary diagnosis laboratory in Riyadh till today (1220) samples since the beginning of the outbreak, and collected the samples based on citizens' reports, and the procedures of examination and investigation in the vicinity of the affected areas.
- During the last 24 hours, the number of communications decreased to (9), compared to (20) to (30) during the first six days since the announcement of the disease.
- The ministry today concluded an emergency workshop for the biosecurity observers and how to follow up the control plan for bird flu in all veterinary teams in the Kingdom.
https://www.mewa.gov.sa/ar/MediaCent...s/Pages/4.aspx
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Daily Summary of Avian Influenza Surveillance (H5N8)
10/04/1439
- The number of samples that arrived at the veterinary diagnosis laboratory in Riyadh till today reached 1503 samples since the beginning of the outbreak. The samples were collected on the basis of citizens' reports and procedures of surveying and investigation in the vicinity of the affected areas.
- The number of cases of avian influenza among birds during the past twenty-four hours one injury in a breeding coop in Al-Ahsa in the Eastern Province, and the Ministry began to implement the contingency plan in cooperation with the competent authorities.
- The field teams continued to complete the cleaning and prevention procedures in one of the poultry projects. The field teams, in collaboration with the Municipality of Darma, completed the safe disposal of 120,000 birds in the project.
- The field teams in Al-Kharj continue to complete the clearance and prevention procedures in one of the affected areas. The field teams, in cooperation with Al-Kharj Municipality, completed the safe disposal of 4240 birds.
- In Muzahmiyeh, the field teams, in cooperation with the municipality of Al-Muzahmiya, continue to clean up and prevent eight sites, and 1573 birds were safely disposed of.
- The field teams, in collaboration with the Riyadh Municipality, have completed the cleaning and prevention procedures in one of the poultry projects in Riyadh city, and 103,640 birds have been safely disposed of at the site.
- The number of communications received by the emergency room during the past 24 hours was 14, 21 of them were received, and 42 were sent to the emergency room.
- The Ministry stresses the poultry farms in the Kingdom of the need to tighten biosecurity measures, and non-transport in the areas of infection with avian influenza, and the need to clean and wash transport vehicles at the entrances of farms, slaughterhouses and poultry feed factories within the projects, and field teams will visit the inspection, And the pace of sanctions according to regulations.
- The ministry has banned all poultry projects and transport companies, in addition to bird breeders and individuals, any transfer of birds between the regions of the Kingdom without obtaining permission from the ministry.
- The ministry called on bird breeders in the Kingdom to avoid buying live birds from unknown sources, and not to bring birds to markets and places of sale indiscriminately, to reduce the risk of spreading the disease.
https://www.mewa.gov.sa/ar/MediaCent...s/Pages/5.aspx
