The Health Preventive Department has issued a directive requesting provincial health departments in Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa to instruct the park to control the number of visitors, nearby residents and animals from entering the infected site.
The agency also announced that all park employees who took care of the afflicted animals are under quarantine and administered Tamiflu doses.
According to reports at a meeting held earlier this week by the National Bird Flu Prevention Committee, four of the 16 civets that died between February 8 and March 3 in the park were tested positive for the virus.
Causes of the outbreak are yet to be known.
The park, located about 90 kilometers south of Hanoi, covers three provinces including Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa.
Statistics by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reveal that bird flu has affected at least 12 provinces and cities, mostly in the north.
Source: SGGP |
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