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China confirms 21 bird flu cases

BEIJING: China has by now confirmed 21 birdflu outbreaks in nine provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, Yin Chengjie, Vice-Minister of Agriculture, said in a news conference here on Monday. The bird flu outbreaks killed 144,624 poultry while a further 21,184,200 were culled, Mr. Yin said, warning the H5N1 situation in the country was ``severe". All poultry within a three-kilometre radius of the affected spots are ordered to be culled, a measure taken by the Chinese Government to curb further outbreaks. Migratory and wild birds are suffering seriously from the bird flu virus, with the number of the virus-afflicted dead birds hitting a record high this year, Mr. Yin said. Analysts said that the bird flu outbreaks in China are closely related to the migratory and wild birds, he added. — Xinhua

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