MAGSAYSAY, Davao del Sur – The Municipality of Magsaysay has recorded the first confirmed incidence of Avian Influenza (AI) H5N1, popularly known as Bird Flu.
According to Municipal Agriculturist Helen Carampatana, the Department of Agriculture Regional Office XI informed them of the blood sample result Friday evening of a duck (itik) where the infection was in Barangay San Isidro.
“By Saturday, we immediately proceeded to the area with DA-Regulatory Division and Provincial Veterinary Office and on Sunday we had a depopulation of 3,008 ducks,” Carampatana said.
She said that on March 9, she led her personnel to conduct blood sampling for monitoring and surveillance purposes after DA issued Memorandum Circular Number 05 over the AI outbreak in Manila.
With this, Mayor Arthur Davin immediately issued Advisory No. 04 in efforts to prevent the escalation of AI infection in other parts of the municipality.
Davin provided guidelines for the movement of domestic and wild birds as stipulated in DA-MC 05 and Municipal Ordinance No. 03-2006.
He ordered the activation of required quarantine procedures in all borders with the mobilization of Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs) which is headed by the respective punong barangay to maximize efforts at the grassroots level and provide assistance to the local government in the implementation of the AI prevention program. (Magsaysay CDIO/Anthony Allada)
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