By Jason Pilbin
URL: China confirms bird flu outbreak
China has confirmed a new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.
More than 11,000 poultry have died because of the virus inside Shijiping village near Yiyang city has said the Agriculture Ministry.
Yiyang was founded in the Qin Dynasty, Mainly consisting of farmlands inside its radius. Yiyangs primary crop is rice.
All tho yet there are no human infections in the latest outbreak, A total of 15 people have all ready lost there life to the H5N1 virus, and millions of birds have been culled as well.
Officials say they are working to vaccinate billions of domestic poultry by the end of May, in preparation of the northward migration of the wild birds in the summer says Xinhua news. Since the H5N1 virus has emerged from South East Asia in late 2003 the has claimed more than180 lives with Indonesia being the hardest hit with more than 70 deaths.
People and Scientists fear the virus could mutate to a form that is easily passed from human to human triggering pandemic.
All tho yet there are no human infections in the latest outbreak, A total of 15 people have all ready lost there life to the H5N1 virus, and millions of birds have been culled as well.
Officials say they are working to vaccinate billions of domestic poultry by the end of May, in preparation of the northward migration of the wild birds in the summer says Xinhua news. Since the H5N1 virus has emerged from South East Asia in late 2003 the has claimed more than180 lives with Indonesia being the hardest hit with more than 70 deaths.
People and Scientists fear the virus could mutate to a form that is easily passed from human to human triggering pandemic.
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