29.01.2008

Tibet

An outbreak of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been discovered in Tibet.
The outbreak in the Gongga county left a total of 1,000 birds dead and a further 13,080 were slaughtered. No human infection has been reported.  Local authorities have imposed quarantine restrictions in the affected areas.
The recent outbreak comes less than a month after another case in Turpan, in northwest China, killed 4,850 birds and another 29,383 were culled.