The Governor of New York,, announced this Friday the temporary closure of all birds in Corral Vivas of the city of, Westchester County and Long Island after state health inspectors detected seven cases of avian flu, to the minus five of them in the city. The virus has recently killed up to 15 birds in Queens and Bronx zoos, the authorities confirmed to the portal Gothamist This Friday.
While in the city’s feed stores, the large supermarkets or wholesalers such as Costco, it is practically impossible to find fresh eggs for days, the closure announced by the governor occurs after in January the Less a case in Queens and on Monday and Tuesday, two more in Bronx markets, Brooklyn and Queens were discovered. New York City, Long Island and Westchester house about 80 birds in Corral Vivas, some in the popular weekly street markets of state producers.
Temporary closure is a precautionary measure and the risk of virus propagation to humans is still low, the authorities have recalled, an alarming fact for the health authorities, when confirmed for the second time between birds and cows.
The objective is to stop the propagation of the, highly contagious flu, while preserving stocks already scarce, which has caused a rebound in the price of eggs that can make one of the traditional dollars more expensive one of the traditional dollar New York breakfasts: egg sandwich and beicon. In fact, some fast food chains already apply an increase of 50 cents for each.
“Aviar flu viruses only present a greater risk if the virus develops the ability to transmit between people, something we have not seen,” Michelle Morse, commissioned in functions of the Department of Health of the City of Nueva York The current Avian flu strain has killed about 150 million birds in the United States since 2022. On January 6, the one of a 65 -year -old man from Louisiana was recorded with previous health problems.
State authorities have ordered bird markets without identified cases that liquidate the remaining inventory, clean and disinfect the facilities and remain closed for five days after the fumigation process. The markets in which cases have been detected will have to liquidate part of the inventory and pass a cleaning and disinfection inspection in charge of a state agriculture inspector. The Vivas Corral Bird Markets considered insurance for their reopening may resume operations on February 14.
In January, the Long Island Crescent Duck Farm Farm received the order to sacrifice almost 100,000 ducks after discovering an outbreak. Crescent’s ducks are common in New York Luxury menus.
An expert veterinarian precisely in Aviar Flu has been chosen by the Donald Trump administration to direct the Office of Policies for the Pandemics of the White House, as the agency has advanced. Gerald Parker, with more than three decades of experience in the Federal Government in positions related to public health and preparation against pandemics, will be in charge of an office established by Congress in 2022, when the crisis of the Coronavirus began to send and During the presidency of Democrat Joe Biden, much more proactive and effective than that of his predecessor, Trump in his first term (2017-2021), in the fight against Covid.
