Bangkok, Jan 18 (EFE).- The Philippine government on Thursday extended the temporary ban on the import of poultry products to Japan due to outbreaks of bird flu, which it had previously imposed on other countries. The Philippine Agriculture Ministry announced in a statement the order to immediately suspend the issuance of sanitary and phytosanitary authorizations …
The first avian flu case of the season was found on a farm in Saga Prefecture. Last year, the country had to cull 17.71 million chickens because of the virus. The local prefecture, the government, and the World Health Organisation are mobilising to put in place countermeasures to prevent the spread of the H5N1 virus.
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