中國西南部四川省報告H5N6禽流感病例

中國西南部四川省報告H5N6禽流感病例

An H5N6 bird flu case has been confirmed in Xichong County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Sunday.

中國農(nóng)業(yè)農(nóng)村部周日表示，中國西南部四川省西充縣已確診一例H5N6禽流感病例。

A total of 1,840 poultry out of 2,497 were found infected with H5N6 and died on a farm in Xichong County, according to a ministry statement.

衛(wèi)生部的一份聲明稱，2497只家禽中，共有1840只被發(fā)現(xiàn)感染了H5N6病毒，并死于西充縣的一個農(nóng)場。

Local authorities have sealed off and sterilized the infected area, where a total of 2,261 poultry have been culled and safely disposed of, according to the ministry.

衛(wèi)生部稱，當?shù)卣褜σ邊^(qū)進行了隔離和消毒，共撲殺了2261只家禽，并已安全處理。

Earlier, five cases of bird flu were confirmed in central China's Hunan Province and northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

早些時候，中國中部的湖南省和西北部的新疆維吾爾自治區(qū)確診了5例禽流感病例。