The Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, said on Tuesday (3) that the. According to the minister, five business days have passed since the conclusion of the disinfection of the site and 15 days since the identification of the focus.
“I can assure with great peace that the focus is contained,” he said before the hearing at the Senate Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Commission (CRA).
The case was confirmed on May 15 and led to the application of a 28 -day “sanitary emptiness” protocol – a period required without new records of the disease so that Brazil is again considered free of avian influenza. The deadline began to count on May 22.
“After the 28 days of this incubatory period, we will again announce Brazil free of avian flu. The trend is very strong that this will happen in the next 22 days,” said Fávaro, highlighting the “robustness and efficiency” of the national sanitary system.
Despite the containment of the focus, the confirmation of the disease impacted foreign trade. At least 24 countries totally suspended imports of Brazilian chicken meat, while another 13 restricted purchases from Rio Grande do Sul. Some nations, such as Japan, limited purchases to regions outside a radius of 10 kilometers from the focus.
Even with the measures, Fávaro minimized the economic effects: “The impact is practically zero,” said the minister, indicating that the protocols are part of international health agreements and are already being negotiated with the partners.
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According to a monitoring panel of the Ministry of Agriculture, there are still 11 suspected cases under investigation.
