O Vice President Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) declared, on Sunday (18), that the avian flu It is limited to the municipality of Montenegro, in Rio Grande do Sul, where it was first detected in the country, the high pathogenicity (IAAP) aviary influenza virus in a commercial bird farm. According to Alckmin, all sanitary protocols are being fulfilled.
“Look, the map, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, has taken all the measures. It is limited to the municipality of Rio Grande do Sul and fully fulfills the sanitary protocols, in order to limit it and overcome as quickly as possible. Brazil is an example for the world of health and vegetable issue,” said the vice president to journalists in the Vatican, after participating in the Vaticano.
Last Friday (16), the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) confirmed the first focus of the virus in a commercial farm in the country. The virus had already been confirmed in Asia, Africa and northern Europe.
HAS CNNthe Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro,, provided they are properly cooked.
The risk of transmission to humans is associated with the direct handling of infected birds or their carcasses, that is, the largest precautionary measures are intended for workers who have direct contact with birds in affected farms.
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Last Saturday (17), the before, Argentina, China, Chile, Uruguay and the European Union also suspended the purchase of Brazilian bird meat.
Brazil’s poultry exports for these six markets totaled more than US $ 230 million (R $ 1.3 billion in the current price) in April alone, according to data from the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
