Japan Confirms Bird Flu, Dispatches Officials to Prevent Spread

Via Bloomberg :

" Japan confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in the western prefecture of Shimane and will dispatch officials to prevent its spread, the government’s top spokesman said.

The government ordered chickens at the affected farm to be destroyed, has put restrictions on transporting live birds and is setting up disinfection stations in the area, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku told reporters in Tokyo. Shimane officials yesterday reported five dead chickens that were suspected of being infected with the virus, according to the prefecture’s website.

“Preventing the spread of bird flu is important from the standpoint of crisis management,” Sengoku told reporters."