Saturday, January 28, 2006

CHINA LIFTS QUARANTINE ON FARMS

"China's Ministry of Agriculture has announced quarantine has been lifted
in all areas affected by the avian flu on the Chinese mainland as an avian flu-affected area in southwest China was declared safe by local government earlier Friday.
"The district was put under quarantine following an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak among quails on Jan. 6. The local live fowl market was closed, all sick and suspected birds culled and local chicken farms strictly sterilized. "

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