Ecuador maintains controls to avoid bird flu in Galapagos

Ecuador

Published Feb 19, 2023

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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.

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And he reiterated that the Government, through the Ministry of the Environment and its affiliated entities, "remains alert to any advance of the bird flu virus to exercise control and care of wildlife in the Galapagos Marine Reserve and Galapagos National Park ”. Ecuador is also alert to cases registered in Peru, where security protocols have been intensified after the confirmation of bird flu as the cause of death of sea lions and a dolphin. At least 585 sea lions and about 55,000 birds have died in recent weeks in natural protected areas of the Peruvian coast due to H5N1 avian influenza, according to the National Forest and Wildlife Service. Bird flu in Ecuador Ecuador declared a 90-day state of animal health emergency on November 29 after detecting an outbreak that killed more than 180,000 birds. A new case detected in mid-December has already been declared controlled, although the authorities reinforced surveillance, since the disease had also been announced in Canada, ...

Source: Primicias