TOKYO, Dec. 7 (Xinhua)– Japan’s farming ministry prompted poultry farms and city governments on Wednesday to step up efforts to avoid additional bird influenza break outs as the contagious illness spreads quickly throughout the nation.
Since Wednesday, an overall of 27 cases of bird influenza were verified in 16 prefectures, resulting in the culling of over 4 million chickens, according to the Ministry of Farming, Forestry and Fisheries.
Bird influenza cases in Japan are increasing at a much faster rate than 2 years earlier when a record variety of chickens have actually been chosen because the season’s very first bird influenza case was reported at the end of October.
Farming Minister Tetsuro Nomura informed a ministry conference which containing infections is very important as more individuals circumnavigate the New Year vacations, advising pertinent celebrations to take preventive steps under the presumption that anywhere around chicken homes is polluted.
At chicken farms where influenza cases were identified, there were lots of cases in which standard sanitation steps were not taken, Nomura kept in mind, asking for towns and animals farmers completely decontaminate their centers and take other health steps. ■
