JAPAN: 7.75M BIRDS CULLED AS BIRD FLU CASES RISE TO RECORD HIGH

Tue 03 January 2023:

Japan has reported a record number of cases of bird flu across 23 provinces, with authorities culling approximately 7.75 million birds until Tuesday this season, according to officials.

The number of bird flu cases across the nation has increased to 54, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, after fresh cases were discovered in the provinces of Chiba and Fukuoka.

This season has seen the largest number of bird flu cases, which have apparently been spread by migratory birds.

Earlier, Japan had reported 52 cases of bird flu in 18 provinces between November 2020 and March 2021.

It had led to the “culling of roughly 9.9 million chickens, an all-time high,” Tokyo-based Kyodo news reported.

“There is no possibility of people contracting bird flu from eating chicken or eggs,” said the ministry.

Meanwhile, Japan reported record 7,688 deaths due to COVID-19 in December, higher than recorded last time in August last year when 7,329 people died of the infection, first reported in December 2019.

Japan has recorded 29.4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 until Monday evening, including 57,944 deaths.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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