Ecuador maintains controls to avoid bird flu in Galapagos

Ecuador maintains an action plan in force to prevent the entry of influenza or avian flu in the Galapagos, while outbreaks of the disease on farms in the Andean zone are controlled. "From the first case of avian influenza in domestic birds, an action plan with zero cases in Galapagos was activated in Ecuador," the Ministry of the Environment told the EFE news agency. The institution pointed out that, in order to ensure the health and well-being of the wild fauna of the Galapagos, they created a technical committee made up of: These institutions "have activated actions of an urgent nature, such as monitoring, registration, surveillance of wildlife, among others." "We also have different protocols that allow the establishment of prevention actions in domestic animals and surveillance in wildlife executed by the Regulation Agency and the Galapagos National Park," he said. And he reiterated that the Government, through the Ministry of the Environment and its affiliated entities, ...