Rospotrebnadzor confirmed the outbreak of bird flu at the poultry farm in the Moscow Region

The Federal Service for Supervision of the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) confirmed the fact of the outbreak of bird flu in the poultry farm in the Moscow Region.

"In March of this year, the center of the flu of birds at the poultry farm in the Moscow region was registered," the agency said on the official website said.

The report notes that the focus zone conducts "all the necessary preventive and anti -epidemic measures aimed at reducing the risks of people's infection."

In particular, the courtyard bypasses in the settlements closest to the poultry farm are organized, daily medical monitoring of contacts with the bird, laboratory studies of the material from poultry workers are carried out.

Employees of Rospotrebnadzor carry out explanatory work with the population according to the rules for maintaining poultry, control over the sale of agricultural products, for the destruction of all the fallen poultry, and disinfection measures.

"An analysis of the incidence of influenza, acute respiratory viral infections, bronchitis, and community pneumonia among the population, including poultry farm workers, on the basis of the State Scientific Center for Virology and Biotechnology" Vector "of the Rospotrebnadzor, molecular genetic studies of the material from the fallen bird," the report said.

The department notes that the situation is under the control of Rospotrebnadzor.

Meanwhile, in recent years, the epidemiological atmosphere on the flu of birds in the world has worsened. "The increase in the number of cases of infection of people with the influenza virus A (H7N9) continues, the further geographical spread of this virus is observed. The outbreak of the disease, mainly caused by the high -pattern virus of birds of birds A (H5N8), are found among wild and domestic poultry," the report said.

According to the International Epizootic Bureau, outbreaks were recorded in 48 countries of Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. The largest number of outbreaks of influenza A (H5N8) among wild and domestic birds are registered in Hungary, Germany and France.

There are no cases of infection of people with the influenza virus (H5N8). According to WHO, the risk of infection with this virus is low.

In the Russian Federation, in November 2016-February 2017, facts of the case of birds associated with the flu of birds, in the republics of Tuva, Tatarstan, the Krasnodar Territory and the Kaliningrad Region (among wild birds), in the Republic of Kalmykia, the Krasnodar Territory (on private farmsteads), in the Voronezh region (bird in the zoos), in the Astrakhan, Rostov regions were noted. poultry farms). In all cases, a full range of preventive and anti -epidemic measures has been carried out.