Vaccine calls are increasing louder in the UK amid growing bird flu

London: Several agricultural organizations on Friday urged the UK government to allow vaccinations for poultry against bird flu in the midst of a foreign foreign illness in the country.

To date, 27 farms have confirmed cases of bird flu, most in England and with an outburst discovered in Scotland.

On Friday, the affected poultry were discovered in commercial property in Norfolk, Eastern England and the birds were destroyed.

So far, the health authorities have identified only a rare case of bird flu in a human being during the last home and say that “the risk to the health of the general public is very low”.

But fears increase among farmers who can spread the disease.

The head of the Poultry National Farmers Council, James Mottershead, said that “for the long -term stability of the UK poultry sector” it was necessary for the United Kingdom Department to prioritize “efforts to a plan to vaccinate bird flu. The birds ”.

There are increasing concerns about the situation, a representative of the British Free Egg Producers Association, Gary Ford, said AFP.

“We believe that vaccination is potentially an important tool in dealing with this terrible illness and preventing bird flu contaminated,” he added.

Vaccinations against bird flu is currently not allowed in the United Kingdom except zoos.

To avoid further spread, the Environment Department imposed mandatory massacres of birds on a radius of three kilometers of a confirmed case, as well as enhancing hygiene measures and controls in wider areas.

Minister for food security, Daniel Zeichner told parliament this week that the government would maintain the issue of “under consideration” vaccinations.

However, he warned that “includes issues of international trade that are important” for the United Kingdom, an important exporter of hatching and chicks.

The Ministry of the Environment said AFP That the United Kingdom continued to “invest in research and development of vaccines through taskforce of bird flu vaccination”.

We hope that the results of the research can be published before spring.