Vietnam culls 100,000 poultry as bird flu outbreaks spread

 

FILE PHOTO: Chickens are seen at a farm in Hanoi, Vietnam April, 24, 2018. REUTERS/Kham

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has culled more 100,000 poultry so far this year in a bid to contain the spread of bird flu in the Southeast Asian country, the government said on Monday.

 

The country has reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 and H5N6 bird flu strains in 14 provinces, the government said in a statement on its website.

 

"The risk for the outbreaks to spread on a larger scale is very high," the statement said.

 

Vietnam has a poultry flock of around 460 million birds, and small-scale bird flu outbreaks have occurred sporadically in the country during the past few years.

 

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Covid-21 in the making here. That's ok, the 19 one is getting a bit old hat.

thaiand sure can quickly invent a chicken flu vaccine, right,same as sars, aids, cancer, ....

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Vietnam has culled more 100,000 poultry

to be born a chicken isn't a  piece of cake!  if you are healthy you'll be killed, cooked and eaten. when you are sick, no doctor will treat you and you'll be killed as well

17 hours ago, Mike Rodik said:

thaiand sure can quickly invent a chicken flu vaccine, right,same as sars, aids, cancer, ....

 

I'm sure the Thais already have one!  Just 2 jabs per chicken @ $US19 each!