Tokyo: The whole world is already bearing the brunt of the corona epidemic and meanwhile bird flu is spreading rapidly in Japan. Cases have also been found in the fourth province of the country. The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan, giving information on Tuesday, has said that a wave of infection has started in the country's poultry farms, which has been described as the worst epidemic in four years.
The Ministry of Agriculture has reported on its website that 'avian influenza' has been found at a poultry farm in the town of Hyuga in Miyazaki province on Honshu Island in southwestern Japan. The ministry said that there is no possibility that humans may be infected with bird flu by eating chickens or eggs. The worst period of bird flu in Japan since 2016 began last month in Kagawa Province, Shikoku Island, which is adjacent to Kyushu Island. 40,000 chickens will be killed and buried at poultry farms in Miyazaki province. A ban will be imposed on the business of chickens within 3 km of the poultry farm.
Due to this new action of the Japanese government, more than 18 lakh chickens will be killed after the outbreak starts. Earlier in 2018, bird flu epidemic in Japan caused havoc. It also originated in Kagawa province. That year 91,000 chickens were killed. The biggest catastrophe of bird flu in Japan came between November 2016 and March 2017, when more than 1.6 million chickens were killed. All these chickens were exposed to the H5N6 strain of bird flu.
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