Japan Detects First Avian Influenza Outbreak This Winter

Suara.com – Not finished with Covid-19, currently several countries are hit by outbreaks bird flu which is a source of new concern among the world’s epidemiologists. One of them was Japan, which detected bird flu epidemic first in winter this year.

The bird flu case emerged on a poultry farm in the northeast of the country, and is said to be highly capable of causing disease.

The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture later culled about 143,000 laying hens at the Yokote City farm in Akita Prefecture and a restricted zone was set up to 10 km from the site.

“With the current situation in Japan, we do not believe that there is a possibility of bird flu being transmitted to humans through the consumption of chicken meat or eggs,” the ministry said on its official website on Wednesday (11/10/2021), as reported by Reuters.

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Japan has a population of about 185 million laying hens and 138 million broilers, according to agriculture ministry data.

Last winter, Japan experienced its worst flu season on farms when more than 3 million chickens were culled and a quarter of the country’s prefecture was affected.

Quoting from Antara, in addition to Japan, China also experienced an increase in the number of people infected with bird flu this year. As reported to WHO, there have been 21 infections of bird flu subtype H5N6 in humans this year with six people dying and many others critically ill.

The number of cases has increased compared to last year which only recorded five cases.

Outbreaks of bird flu have also been reported in recent days and weeks in Europe. A farm in Poland has become the latest source of infection, with a total of 650,000 birds infected.

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