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SANTO DOMINGO. – Haiti’s authorities have detected several bird flu outbreaks in at least four regions, although the Agriculture Minister Joanas Gué said it’s a subtype of the H5N2 virus that doesn’t affect humans.
Speaking on radio Métropole yesterday, the official said at least 2,000 birds and fighting roosters were tested by a lab in Ohio, U.S., which confirmed the infection.
Gué said sanitary controls were imposed along the Dominican-Haiti border on Wednesday; measures he said will be reinforced to prevent the entry of poultry products from the neighboring country.
In January Haiti banned Dominican chicken and egg imports after the virus H5N2 was found in cockfighting roosters in Higüey. Puerto Rico had already adopted a similar measure, but lifted it afterwards.
Gué said the virus was detected after Haiti established a monitoring system since Dominican Republic’s first cases were reported in December.
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