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Providing only scant details, Xinhua news brings us this story of a recent bird flu outbreak among poultry in the province bordering Hong Kong, which has been dealing with it's own outbreak over the past week.
The Ministry is only saying in this after-the-fact statement that the outbreak occurred `in recent days', and that it has now been brought `under control'.
China confirms bird flu outbreak in Guangdong Province
www.chinaview.cn
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of bird flu in China's southern Guangdong Province is under control, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
The testing of dead ducks at Yashan Village in recent days detected the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the ministry said in a brief statement, without giving any dates for when the outbreak began.
A total of 3,873 ducks died and another 17,127 ducks were culled, it said.
Emergency measures have been taken and the epidemic has been brought under control, the ministry said.
UPDATED 0800 Hrs EDT
Reuters is offering more detail on this story, indicating the outbreak was detected on June 13th, and that the location is very near the Hong Kong Border.
China reports bird flu outbreak near HK border
17 Jun 2008 11:00:12 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIJING, June 17 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday reported a bird flu outbreak in ducks in the southern province of Guangdong, close to Hong Kong where poultry at all commercial markets was culled last week.
The Guangdong outbreak, in a village administered by Jiangmen city, was first detected on June 13, the official Xinhua news agency said.
