H5N8 bird flu outbreak in Jiangsu after Beijing

China 2021 Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) new Epidemic spread, China’s Ministry of Agriculture from the village 1 confirmed the outbreak of H5N8 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in Beijing, the official announced again today (5), Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province also appeared outbreak, the virus has signs of southward spread.

China’s Ministry of Agriculture announced on the 1st, “China Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center” pointed out that a total of 15 wild swans inhabiting the Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park in Haidian District, Beijing, recently found 3 sick and 3 dead, after China’s “National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory “test, confirmed that the local wild swans confirmed H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza, the official frankly has brewed the epidemic.

China’s Ministry of Agriculture and rural Affairs confirmed again on the 5th that the H5N8 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak has also broken out in the scenic area of Mount Yuntai in Lianyungang City after testing by the “China Center for Animal Disease Prevention and Control”, where 647 wild birds are inhabiting, 17 are sick and 17 are dead, and the local government immediately launched an emergency response mechanism to start emergency The local government immediately launched an emergency response mechanism to start emergency disposal work, disinfect the surrounding environment, and will be all sick and dead wild birds harmless treatment.

It is understood that H5N8 is a subtype of influenza A virus, however, the only subtypes of influenza A virus that appear in humans are H1N1, H1N2, H2N2, H3N2, H5N1, H7N7.