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JINAN, Nov. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- The government of east China's farming
province of Shandong, home to the 2.5 billion poultry, decided to allocate 30
million yuan (3.7 million US dollars) to keep out the bird flu that recently
broke out in parts of China.
The decision was made be
cause the prevention work is under great pressure,
though no cases of bird flu have been found in the province, according to the
provincial government.
About 14.7 percent of the country's 17.4 billion poultry were raised in
Shandong, ranking first of all China's provinces, while the coastal province
also provided important habitats for hundreds of thousands of migratory birds
that flew from the north every winter.
Amid an all-out effort to disinfect all poultry farms in bordering areas
and migratory bird resorts, the provincial authorities have ordered government
departments at all levels to ensure efficient monitoring, diagnosis, and timely
reporting of any bird flu case.
Meanwhile, 62 hospitals in Shandong were assigned as sites to monitor human
cases of H5N1 bird flu virus that might mutate from poultry to humans, according
to the provincial government.
Doctors and nurses in these hospitals are also being trained totreat human
cases of bird flu, if any are found, and a handful of health experts were
assembled as public counselors for virus prevention.
Bird flu outbreaks have been spotted in Anhui and Hunan provinces, the
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Liaoning Province since autumn. Enditem
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