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China confirms four new bird flu outbreaks
China's Ministry of Agriculture confirmed four new outbreaks of bird flu in different parts of the country. China so far has 38 suspected or confirmed outbreaks in 14 provinces. Of the total, 23 outbreaks have been confirmed as the H5N1 bird flu. The confirmed outbreaks were in Dongxiang county in Jiangxi province; Wujiagang district in Yichang city in Hubei province; Guandu district, Kunming city in Yunnan province and Xinjiang's Construction Corp. Number 12 Agriculture Division, said spokesman of the Ministry of Agriculture. Local governments in the newly affected areas immediately began culling poultry and took quarantine measures, the spokesman said, adding that the epidemic has been brought under control in these areas. No human infections have been found so far in China. |
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