Malaysia detects new outbreak of bird flu

Malaysia detects new outbreak of bird flu
06/06/2007 17:17:00
KUALA LUMPUR (XFN-ASIA) - A new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu
has been detected among poultry in a village on the outskirts of the capital,
Kamarudin Mohammed Isa, head of the disease control section at the Department
of Veterinary Services, said.
He said the virus was confirmed late Tuesday night in chickens in the Sungai
Buloh area.
"We just confirmed it last night. We will implement standard procedures. We
will cull birds within a one kilometre radius from the index cases," he told
Agence France-Presse.
He said authorities are expected to start killing about 2,000 chickens in the
village and surrounding area later today.
Malaysia suffered outbreaks of avian influenza among poultry in early 2006, but
there were no human cases and the nation declared itself free of the disease
last June.

Source: OSK Wirenews