The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the mainland informed late at night on the 19th that a wild bird H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic occurred in Naqu City, Tibet Autonomous Region, with 268 wild birds dead within the epidemic site, and the relevant departments immediately launched an emergency response mechanism for disposal. The first case of H5N8 avian influenza occurred in Russia in February this year.
The H5N8 avian influenza virus has made a comeback this year, with cases occurring in several countries. The picture is a diagram, not the bird in question.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the mainland received a report from the China Center for Animal Disease Prevention and Control on May 19 that a wild bird H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak had occurred in the ram Tso Lake National Wetland Park in Saini District, Nagqu City, Tibet, and in the Garong Tso area of Amdo County, confirmed by the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that 268 wild birds were sick and dead in the epidemic site. Immediately after the outbreak, the local emergency response mechanism was launched to carry out emergency disposal work, harmless treatment of all sick and dead wild birds and disinfection of the surrounding environment.
H5N8 is a subtype of influenza A virus (or avian influenza) that is highly lethal to wild birds and poultry. The virus has made a comeback this year, with cases emerging in Japan, Germany, Poland and Romania after India notified the virus in migratory birds in January; in February 2021, Russia reported seven people infected with this type of virus, the world’s first human case of H5N8 infection.
In March, the website of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China published a report from the Economic and Commercial Department of the Embassy of the Russian Federation on the H5N8 epidemic, citing the Kommersant newspaper, which reported that Russian experts warned that the spread of the new H5N8 avian influenza from person to person may only be a matter of time, and that the mortality rate of infection could reach 60%; the director of the Russian “Viktor” Center, Maksyutov, said that the H5N8 avian influenza virus has been found in the Russian Federation. The director of the Russian “Viktor” center, Makshiutov, said that Russia has been able to start developing a detection system and vaccine for H5N8.
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