TASEK GELUGOR, March 23 (Bernama) -- Phase One of the monitoring operation covering 10km radius of the areas where the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus was detected, ended today.
A total of 44,688 birds of various species had been culled and 790 premises had been inspected, said Deputy Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Mohd Shariff Omar.
Some 2,878 samples had been taken for analysis and the result had been negative, he told reporters after attending a briefing on the construction of a farm produce collection complex in Kampung Selamat here Thursday.
He also said Phase Two of the operation would begin this Saturday.
He said the ban on any movement, slaughter and storage of fowls within a 10km radius of the index would continue until the areas had been declared free of bird flu.
The culling operation and preventive steps would effectively contain the spread of the disease and the public should not worry, he said.
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