Kin Mayor reports bird flu under control to governor. (30de22)
Splendor of Okinawa: Hibiscus schizopetalus, roadside Uruma, 29de22 On 28 December, Kin Mayor Hajime Nakama visited Governor Denny Tamaki at the Okinawa Prefecture Office. Highly virulent Avian Influenza (bird flu) had broken out at a poultry farm in his town. The mayor reported to the governor that contagion control measures, such as the culling of infected poultry and disposal of materials, had been completed and the measures were finished on 21 December. The Prefecture had been informed that a large number of dead chickens were discovered at that poultry farm and the chickens were confirmed positive in a cursory test on 15 December. So, the farm requested contagion control assistance from the town of Kin. From 16 December extending until the completion of contagion control, 130 people were involved in the measures. Mayor Nakama noted, “The disease was confined to only one poultry farm, without spreading to the others. That’s thanks to the speed of our work in coordination with the...