Cases of bird flu in the Ashanti region under control

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Ashanti Regional Director of Agriculture, Reverend John Manu, says the incidence of the highly pathogenic flu known as bird flu in a poultry farm in the municipality of Ashanti. Ejisu is under effective control and should not be alarming.

was detected for the first time as a result of an unexplained death of about six thousand birds on the farm requiring a laboratory investigation that ultimately confirmed the outbreak of bird flu at the closed.

Addressing the GBC correspondent, Nicholas Osei-Wusu the regional director of agriculture said that the affected poultry farm is currently inaccessible to the public during its disinfection.

Reverend Manu revealed that up to now, the government has been able to recover only 55.5% of the funds spent for the first season of the plantation. The program of food and employment in the region.

He said that the government has therefore decided not to include the debtors in this ason crop as a measure to prevent further losses under the program.

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