China News Service, The Hague, November 19 The largest bird flu epidemic in European history has not subsided: on the 19th an epidemic broke out in the border area between the Netherlands and Germany and about 220,000 chickens were culled.
According to the announcement issued on the same day by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands, a case of bird flu was found in a chicken farm in Venray in the province of Limburg in the south-eastern Netherlands at border with Germany. spread of the epidemic, about 223,000 farms were affected, broilers were culled.
The notice specifies that there are no other farms within 1 kilometer of the farm concerned, therefore it is not necessary to adopt measures to prevent the epidemic; within a radius of 3 kilometers there are 6 farms that are subjected to epidemic prevention checks by the Authority.
At the same time, there are 43 farms within a 10-kilometer radius of the affected farm, and a small area is German territory; After consulting with German authorities, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality has issued a “lockdown order” to 43 farms, banning the farms from going outdoors. Poultry, eggs, meat, fertilizers and other products are being transported and people are not allowed to hunt in these areas.
As the leading exporter of poultry products in Europe, the Netherlands has more than 2,000 poultry and egg farms, with a net export of more than 6 billion eggs each year. However, since last year, more than 60 farms in the countries Bassi has had bird flu outbreaks and the number of poultry culled by the authorities exceeds 4 million.
In addition to the “hardest-hit” Netherlands, the bird flu epidemic is spreading throughout Europe. On the 18th, the Berlin Zoo in Germany reported that due to the impact of the bird flu epidemic, the Berlin Zoo will be closed from now on, and all poultry in the park will be inspected for epidemic prevention.
In October this year, the European Food Safety Agency and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control jointly released a report stating that Europe is experiencing the largest outbreak of bird flu in history, with more than 2,460 reported cases and the culling of 48 million poultry, affecting 37 countries across Europe, where both the number of cases and the extent of the outbreak have reached “new highs”.
The report also pointed out that despite the raging epidemic, no one was found to be infected with the bird flu virus. In general, with the exception of agricultural workers and other personnel who have direct contact with infected animals, the risk of infecting other groups of people with the avian influenza virus is low.
Responsible editor: Yuan Danhua
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