Perak Free From Bird Flu, Says MB

TAIPING, April 27 (Bernama) -- Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali Thursday announced that Perak is now free of the bird flu infection after two tests on 1,300 samples of birds showed negative results.
Making the announcement at the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort, he hoped this would regain the confidence of Singapore and enable that republic to import chicken and ducks from Perak again.
"The announcement must be made quickly because the state government does not want the poultry industry to be affected any longer," he told reporters here Thursday.
He said the announcement was made after the State Veterinary Department and the State Health Department informed him that Perak was free of the bird flu.
A total of 53,662 birds and 6,279 eggs were destroyed in four places affected by the bird flu in the state recently.