China to vaccinate 14bn poultry

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China has vowed to vaccinate all of its estimated 14 billion poultry to contain the spread of bird flu.
In his announcement, Chief veterinary officer Jia Youling said all the fees would be covered by the government.

The move comes as new outbreaks of bird flu were confirmed in several regions of China in the past month.

So far there have been no confirmed human infections in China, although several cases are being investigated.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4439080.stm

[RhodaGrits]

1. I trust the Chinese government to report

any human cases of avian flu accurately about as much as I trust the Bush admin's claims to WMD's in Iraq. And I have grave reservations about their ability to successfully vaccinate their flocks.