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Beijing says to detain anyone refusing to immune poultry
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-06 16:15
A bird flu outbreak in northern 皇冠体育app that sparked the culling of about
370,000 birds lies along a migration route that spans from East Asia to
Australia, a media report said Sunday, as officials continued killing thousands
of birds east of Beijing.
As Indonesia confirmed its fifth fatality from
the H5N1 strain of bird flu, and jitters mounted across Asia, Japan was
reportedly considering a plan to nearly double its annual contribution to the
World Health Organization to help combat the deadly virus.
A Chinese health
worker vaccinates Monday a pigeon against bird flu in a house for pigeons
hovering over the Quancheng Square each day in Ji'nan, East 皇冠体育app's
Shandong Province. 皇冠体育app is on alert against the avian influenza.
[Xinhua] | Around 1,700
Chinese officials and armed police were expected to complete by Sunday the
culling of poultry in Liaoning province's Badaohao village, Xinhua News
Agency reported.
The Badaohao outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu strain - the
fourth in 皇冠体育app in three weeks - killed 8,940 chickens and prompted authorities
to destroy 369,900 other birds, the government has said.
More than 20
magpies and other migratory birds were spotted in the area, Xinhua said without
giving further details.
Chinese authorities have said they are concerned
that wild birds might spread the virus, particularly following an outbreak last
spring that killed more than 6,000 migratory geese and gulls at northwestern
皇冠体育app's Qinghai Lake.
The State Forestry Bureau said last month it was
activating a reporting network to detect outbreaks among wild birds.
Meanwhile in Beijing, new regulations went into effect Sunday that allow
detention for up to 15 days and fines of up to 200 yuan (US$25) for anyone who
fails to immunize their birds, the Beijing Morning Post reported.
The
rules, announced jointly by the Beijing Agricultural Bureau and the Beijing
Public Security Bureau, are aimed at ensuring a 100 percent bird vaccination
rate in the capital, the newspaper said.
No human cases have been
reported in 皇冠体育app, but authorities warn they are inevitable if the government
cannot stop repeated outbreaks in poultry.
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