Cameroon:In A bid To Control The Bird Flu Syndrom,Yaounde Has suspended The Sales Of Birds

“These include the prohibition of access to breeding sites to any person outside the station, the ban on entry and output of livestock products and other inputs, the slaughter of all birds, incineration and landfilling of all carcass in accordance with the regulations,’‘ the minister is quoted as saying.

The 15,000 infected birds – representing 50% of birds in the affected facility – died in three days. The government says all the dead birds have been incinerated and the rest slaughtered.

The authorities also said the treatment of any infected people will be “free”.