Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in China
CHINA - This is a Follow-up report (No. 3) via OIE on the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in China.
See also: 20 February 2004, 13 February 2004, 6 February 2004
Information received on 29 February 2004 from Dr Shen Zhenzhao, Director General, Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing:
End of previous report period: 19 February 2004 (see Disease Information, 17 [8], 51, dated 20 February 2004).
End of this report period: 27 February 2004.
To date, there have been a total of 49 outbreaks in 16 provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities. All of them (see follow-up report No. 2, Tables 2 and 3) have been confirmed by the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory as subtype H5N1-caused highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Up to 27 February 2004, quarantine restrictions had been lifted in a total of 18 areas (see Table below) where at least 21 days had elapsed since the last poultry had been culled.
Areas where quarantine has been lifted
Anhui Province | Yushan district, Maanshan city |
Guangde county | |
Yingzhou district, Fuyang city | |
Jieshou city | |
Guangdong Province | Jiedong county |
Guangxi Autonomous Region | Longan county |
Songming county | |
Hubei Province | Wuxue city |
Ezhou city | |
Yichang city | |
Gongan county | |
Songzi city | |
Yangxin county | |
Hunan Province | Wugang city |
Shanghai | Nanhui district |
Xinjiang Autonomous Region | 12th Agriculture Division under the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps |
Yunnan Province | Chenggong county |
Zhejiang Province | Yongkang city |
Source: Office International des Epizooties - 5th March 2004