According to the government, a total of 232,385 birds have been exposed with a mortality rate of 51,444 recorded. “The worst hit state is Kano as a total of 136,905 birds have been exposed to the infection with a mortality rate of 17,987 representing 13 percent. The cases were found in Gwale, Kunbotso, Tofa, Gaya and Ungogo local governments.”
To this effect, the government said with the increasing number of states and birds exposed as well as the level of mortality, it has become necessary to trigger additional emergency measures to rapidly contain the spread of the virus.
Initially the government had reported the case in two states of Lagos and Kano.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, who announced this yesterday in Abuja during an Emergency Meeting on Avian Influenza with all Commissioners of Agriculture said the emergency measures would include intensified surveillance, depopulation, quarantine and decontamination of the infected farms and live birds markets.
Assuring the public that there is no cause for alarm as poultry products are still safe for consumption, he said: “I wish to assure Nigerians that Nigeria will successfully control the bird flu outbreak. We have successfully controlled it in the past. I have directed the immediate trigger of all the protocols under the Emergency Response Plan for the Avian Influenza used during the last outbreak in 2006.”
(CULLED: guardian news)
Measures should be deployed to stop the spread of this disease quickly.
this is more a political issue than the concern that... he is not fit to rule because he is owning tax... even after been issued with a tax clearance certificate..somebody talk to me... in my opinion.. we can fit to cook our chicken longer on fire to destroy any traces of Avian influenza fit fit we..?
ReplyDeleteI under stand that any virus that lives ... above a 100 degrees na witch.. if you still get bird flu...after you boiled your chicken above this temperature.. then the witches in your village must have scored a trick against you...
ReplyDelete@ohonba.... your first comment was not in line with the post! Any way ...bird flu should be eradicated oh. No much awareness unlike when it was almighty Ebola. Government should sensitize the masses.
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