Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said he has ordered the slaughtering of 400,000 birds to contain the spread of the poultry disease. Also, he said he has ordered the halt of transport of poultry from Luzon to other parts of the country for now.
Pinol said at least 38,000 chickens have died of the Avian influenza Type A Subtype H5 in San Luis town in Pampanga, north of Manila.
He said the government has not detected any case of human transmission so far in the province north of Manila.
Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial said in a statement that the Department of Agriculture (DA) is continuing its investigation on the outbreak. "It is still under investigation by the DA," she told the media.
"Cross infection to human have (been) minimal but fatal," she said.
Nevertheless, she advised Filipinos "to take flu precautions" including covering
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06.03.2019 07:43
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