Govt. intensifies sensitization on bird flu
Lusaka, March 2, ZANIS – Government says sensitization programmes aimed at educating poultry farmers in the country about the Deadly H5N1 influenza, popularly known as ‘bird flu, have started.Health deputy minister, Chilufya Kazenene told the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in an interview today that the sensitization programmes, which are aimed at breaking the myths surrounding the disease, have started in all the border posts.
Mr. Kazenene said the government through the Ministry of Health has been sensitizing the farmers in all the villages in the country through massive campaigns, posters and other forms of the media.
Mr. Kazenene’s sentiments follows media repots that poultry farmers were selling their chickens at K1000 instead of K20000 after being misled by some traders that their chickens were at a high risk of contracting the disease.
The minister disclosed that serious measures have since been instituted by the ministry in order to correct the myths surrounding the disease.
He also disclosed that the Government had also set aside K16billion to help control the spread of the disease if the strain is detected in Zambia.
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