Asmara — The National Bird Flu Prevention Task Force disclosed that no incident of the epidemic has so far been witnessed in Eritrea thanks to the encouraging activities it carried out to this end.
The Secretary of the Task Force and director of veterinary service in the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Okba'ab Gebremichael, indicated that the task force which was set up in 2005 from the ministries of agriculture, health and fisheries has undertaken intensive monitoring activities along the coastline of the Red Sea territorial waters, airports, national borders and islands through deploying the necessary skilled manpower and laboratory equipments. He further stated that over 150 million Nakfa has already been disbursed towards preventing the spread of bird flu.
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