H5N6 INCREASES IN SOUTHERN, CENTRAL POULTRY FARMS|H5N6禽流感延燒 花.南.嘉接連傳疫情

After the first CASE OF H5N6 was reported in Hualien, the deadly strain of avian flu have spread to Tainan Chiayi and Yunlin. Expert believe that the bird flu outbreaks are a result of poultry farmers' negligence. As there are many types of H5 avian influenza, a mutation of the viruses seems likely, experts suggest that the government call an expert meeting to launch related research for prevention. A turkey farm in Tainan's Liujia District reported more than 3,000 turkey deaths, which have been confirmed to be from the H5N6 virus. ==LEE MENG-YEN Secretary-General Tainan City Govt. == Poultry farms within three kilometers of Liujia will temporarily be prohibited to sell or transport their fowls. We will also strengthen inspection and disinfection effort. After an H5N6 infection case was confirmed in Chiayi's Puzi City, inspectors have sampled the poultry from the farm. Counties and cities have raised their bird flu alert. Workers in Hualien have sprayed disinfectant on duck farms in Yuli Township. No entry is allowed in these farms as the ducks are reported to be infected with H5N6. ==LO WEN-LUNG Bureau of Agriculture, Hualien County == If Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine sends us a cull request, we will comply. Since January, Yunlin County has put down more than 120,000 poultry. Nearly 4,000 free-range chickens were culled in Taixi to prevent the risk of infections caused by large temperature changes and bird migration. Taitung County has stepped up its disinfection efforts with local police increasing vigilance at the Hualien-Taitung border. ==LOCAL POLICE== Where are you heading? (Hualien) Hualien is now an affected area. No poultry can be transported out from Hualien. Experts believe that the outbreaks may be attributed to poultry farmers' negligence and the government's failure to include landfowls in the poultry ban in the first place. ==LAI SHIOW-SUEY NTU Professor Emeritus== Even with known types of infection such as H5N8 and H5N1, owners should also report to the government. These are virulent avian influenza viruses that can infect waterfowls and landfowls. The poultry ban should've included both waterfowls and landfowls. ==KING CHWAN-CHUEN NTU Institute Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine== H5N6 viruses are products of genetic recombinations. Personally, I don't think that we should fear or panic about it, but we must use a scientific approach to address the epidemic. Experts suggest that the government call an expert meeting and release the data for further research; otherwise, the situation may be difficult to contain once the viruses evolve. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG H5N6禽流感疫情延燒，繼花蓮之後，台南有一間火雞場也中標，另外在嘉義、以及花蓮也陸續傳出疫情。有學者認為，這可能和業者輕忽狀況有關。另外，由於H5型禽流感非常多樣，很有可能會產生變異，建議政府要召開專家會議，並啟動研究，才能加強防疫。 滿地火雞屍體，讓人看得膽戰心驚，台南六甲一間火雞場，在短短幾天內，爆發出3千多隻火雞的死亡案件，送檢後確定是感染禽流感H5N6病毒。 ==台南市政府秘書長 李孟諺== 那我們會針對六甲的附近 3公里以內部分 要求所有的禽場 都不準 未經許可販售 不准任意移動 另外也會加強檢查跟消毒 另外，在嘉義縣也確定，有一隻私宰被送驗的烏骨雞感染H5N6禽流感，源頭是朴子市的一處養禽場，下午已前往採取活體送驗。面對疫情，各縣市都不敢掉以輕心，防疫人員全副武裝、前往花蓮玉里鎮三民地區的鴨場進行消毒、外頭也拉起封鎖線、禁止人員進入。因為傳出，有鴨場被驗出鴨隻感染H5N6病毒。 ==花蓮縣農業處長 羅文龍== 動植物防疫局有要求 要撲殺的話 我們這邊 目前也會積極的 配合中央的一個措施 另外像雲林縣，從1月開始，也已經累計撲殺超過12萬隻禽類，最近也在台西一間養雞場，撲殺近4千隻土雞，雖然都並非是H5N6人畜共通病毒，但因為溫差、加上候鳥北返等原因，高疫情風險也不得不防；台東地區也派出消毒車到池上一帶進行消毒。至於地方員警，還在花東交界值勤時，配合管制、特別注意運禽車往來。 ==NS== 你要去哪裡 我要去花蓮 花蓮現在是疫區不能進入 花蓮去載那個雞舍(雞隻) 疫情大爆發，有學者認為，可能是業者輕忽狀況、而政府第一時間，也只有限定水禽禁運，沒有把陸禽納入，做法不夠周延。 ==台大獸醫學院名譽教授 賴秀穗== 如果是 即使感染到舊型的時候 這個H5N8也好 H5N1也要通報 因為這個是非常強的 這個禽流感病毒 它這個病毒會感染水禽跟陸禽 所以你要禁運的話 應該講起來 整個陸禽 水禽都要禁運 ==台大流行病學與預防醫學研究所教授 金傳春== 現在的H5N6 它已經是等於就是說 經過基因重組以後 產生的這個產物 那所以我們對它來說 我個人認為說 我們不用害怕 也不用恐慌 可是我們必須要用科學的方法 去面對這樣子的 這一波的流行 學者也建議政府，要立刻召開專家會議、並開放資料來啟動研究，否則未來恐怕會有更多新演化的病毒蔓延，到時候就很難收拾。 記者 綜合報導