Bird flu again! Japan is already overwhelmed, can China avoid it?

On November 8th, Japanese officials reported that there was an outbreak of bird flu in a chicken farm in Kagawa Prefecture, and 48, chickens in this chicken farm would be culled. This is another large-scale outbreak of avian influenza in Japan after a lapse of three years. The COVID-19 virus has not been effectively controlled, and now there is an outbreak of avian influenza. Japan can be said to be overwhelmed. However, our country has done a good job in food safety and epidemic prevention and control, and with the active cooperation of the people of the whole country, I believe that bird flu will not affect China.

After knowing that there was an outbreak of bird flu in Xiangchuan County, the local epidemic prevention personnel also disinfected and prevented the chicken farm. On the 7th, a large number of chickens died in the chicken farm, and the local health authorities in Japan immediately rushed to the chicken farm to conduct a simple test on the chickens in the chicken farm. Among the 13 chickens tested, 11 chickens were found to be positive, belonging to avian influenza virus infection. Xiangchuan County immediately decided to cull these tens of thousands of chickens, and restricted the movement of the area within a radius of 3 kilometers around the chicken farm, and all poultry and eggs within this range could not be transported.

On November 5th, an H5 avian influenza epidemic occurred in Sanfeng City, Xiangchuan County. With the help of the Self-Defense Forces, the breeders at the airport killed 33, chickens. This is also the first bird flu epidemic in Japan since 218. It is understood that the last outbreak of bird flu was also in Kagawa Prefecture, and relevant Japanese staff said that they should strengthen preventive measures and information collection in this area.

Moreover, because of the outbreak of avian influenza in Japan, Singapore has also indicated that it will impose temporary restrictions on egg poultry and other imported products near the high-incidence epidemic in Japan. It is said that the two outbreaks of bird flu are only 5 kilometers apart. Further investigation is still being made on whether there is any connection between the two outbreaks of bird flu. Japan has raised the alert of bird flu virus to the highest level.