Following the detection of the bird flu virus in chickens at a poultry farm in Ibaraki Prefecture, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries opened a countermeasures headquarters on the 2nd, and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nogami secured land to bury the slaughtered chickens in advance. I asked again to do everything in my power to prevent the spread.
Avian influenza has been occurring one after another at poultry farms in various places since November last year, and on the 2nd, the bird flu virus was detected in chickens at poultry farms in Shirosato Town, Ibaraki Prefecture.
This means that this season has been confirmed in 17 prefectures.
In response to this, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries opened a countermeasures headquarters on the 2nd.
Among them, Minister Nogami mentioned that this time it occurred in a large-scale poultry farm that raises 840,000 chickens, and said, "As the scale continues to expand, we killed when implementing measures to prevent the spread of infection. It is important to secure land in advance to bury the disposed chickens. "
In addition, he said, "We have just notified 16 prefectures with 56 large-scale poultry farms that have not secured land, etc. to provide guidance and advice under the authority of the governor based on the law." I urged the poultry farm to do everything in its power to prepare in advance.