In response to the detection of bird flu at the Imperial Household Agency's facility in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture held a countermeasures headquarters meeting, and Governor Kumagai strongly enforced infection control measures such as disinfection for all poultry farmers in the prefecture. I instructed you to call.
At the Chiba Prefectural Countermeasures Headquarters meeting held on the morning of the 5th, 11 birds of Aigamo were found dead one after another at the "Shinhama Kamoba" of the Imperial Household Agency in Ichikawa City, and "H5" suspected of being highly pathogenic. It was reported that "subtype" bird flu was detected.
It was also reported that the disposal of about 330 ducks and ducks kept in the facility has already been completed, and there are no poultry farms that require restrictions on the removal of chickens within the area with a radius of 10 km.
Governor Kumagai said, "It is necessary to make efforts to prevent infections throughout the prefecture so that poultry farmers in the prefecture will not be severely damaged by this virus." I instructed him to strongly call for thorough measures.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, this is the sixth case of bird flu in Japan this season.