The City Council of Beja today closed the Municipal Park for at least eight days, after detecting the H5N1 subtype of the H5N1 avian influenza virus (IAAP). on a dead animal found in space.
In a statement, the municipality informed the population of the detection of this virus “in an animal found dead in the Parque da Cidade” and of the decision to intercept the space, in “close and permanent contact with the General Directorate of Food and Vet”. Medicine (DGAV)”.
“Respecting the hygiene and biosafety guidelines” determined precisely by the DGAV, the municipality “decided to ban the public, with immediate effect, from the City Parkfor a period of no less than eight days,” the statement read.
On August 17, the Municipality of Beja revealed that it would file a complaint against unknown persons in the Public Ministry (MP) for the death of at least four geese in the Parque da Cidade, claiming at the time that it suspected they might have been poisoned.
In statements to the Lusa agency that day, the mayor, Paulo Arsénio, said that the participation with the MP would advance once the municipality had in its possession the report from the municipal veterinarian.
The camera then revealed that he had properly preserved one of the dead animals and sent it for toxicology analysis.
In today’s statement, however, the municipality does not refer to the species of dead animal that was found in the Parque da Cidade infected with the HPAI virus subtype H5N1.
Lusa tried today to obtain clarifications from the mayor and vice president of the municipality, Paulo Arsénio and Rui Marreiros, but, despite insistent phone calls, it was not possible to contact any of these officials.
In the statement sent, the municipality also asked the population, during the space interdiction period, not to feed the animals in the Parque da Cidade area and avoid approaching them.
“Do not circulate within the perimeter of the Parque da Cidade so as not to be an agent of spread of the virus in capoeiras or captivity where species that are affected by this flu coexist” is another recommendation.
It is also advised that “with respect to poultry and captive birds, remain confined to their respective accommodations in order to avoid contact with wild birds”, as well as that “any suspicion of disease is immediately reported to the DGAV”.
Source: Observadora
