been counted during the worst outbreak of bird flu ever to hit the. The number of dead migratory cranes in the Hula Valley has risen. Israel’s National Security Council has assumed control of a massive bird flu outbreak in the Galilee, which scientists warn could become a mass disaster. Gathering the carcasses of wild cranes killed by avian flu at the Hula Lake Nature Reserve in northern Israel, December 27.
Israel bird flu outbreak update#
Update as of January 4: Outbreaks of avian flu were found in three additional poultry farms in northern Israel, affecting about 7,500 laying hens and 56,000 turkeys. A bird flu outbreak has killed more than 2,000 wild cranes on a reserve in northern Israel, an unusually high toll for the seasonal flu, the parks authority said Sunday.
On Thursday, the agriculture ministry said that more than 1 million chickens, turkeys and ducks had been infected in 20 coop hotspots and had to be killed. This year, for the first time, migratory common cranes are catching the flu. The outbreak of the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza began in northern and southern Israel in mid-November and has intensified in the last three weeks. A state of emergency has been announced in Israel by the Veterinary Service at the Ministry of Agriculture on Motzsh after H5N1 bird flu was found in. A bird flu outbreak has killed thousands of wild cranes on a reserve in northern Israel, an unusually high toll for the seasonal flu, the parks authority said Sunday. Workers who collect the bird carcasses and monitor water sources to detect the virus are protected and have received preventive medication, it added.Īn investigation into the spread of the virus will soon be conducted, led by Israel's National Emergency Management Authority in the Ministry of Defense, according to the statement. The peak of the bird flu outbreak in Israel has probably passed, and there is no indication of harm to humans, said a joint statement issued by the state's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Prime Minister's Office.Īn encouraging recovery has been recorded in the last two days, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement - released on Friday - as saying.
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