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.

中國農業(yè)農村部周日表示，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)現感染了H5N6病毒，并死于西充縣的一個農場。

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，當地政府已對疫區(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。