On the 3rd, a mandarin duck was found dead in Wakayama City, and a simple test by Wakayama Prefecture revealed a positive reaction for bird flu.
Wakayama Prefecture has a policy of sending samples to testing institutions for detailed genetic testing.
According to Wakayama Prefecture, on the 3rd, residents contacted the city that "a dead mandarin duck was found" in Wakayama City.
After that, when the prefecture conducted a simple test, a positive reaction for bird flu type A came out.
The prefecture has a policy of sending samples to Tottori University for detailed genetic testing, and it is expected that it will take about a week for the results to be finalized.
In addition, the Ministry of the Environment has designated a radius of 10 km from the place where the carcass was found as a "wild bird monitoring priority area", and plans to strengthen monitoring for wild birds in the future.
Wakayama Prefecture is calling for "when you find a dead bird, do not touch the dead bird and contact the prefecture immediately."