Avian Influenza H5N6 -- Japan
Japan's environment ministry has raised the bird flu alert to the maximum level after confirming the presence of the highly pathogenic H5N6 strain in some waters in the southern part of the archipelago and the virus in several dead birds.
This is the 1st time since 2014 that Tokyo has raised the alert to level 3 after detecting this contagious strain in a pond in Izumi in the Kagoshima prefecture, located on the southern island of Kyushu, a ministry spokesperson told EFE.
The bird flu
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2gfcP9H
No comments:
Post a Comment