The Federal government says the highly transmittable disease "avian influenza viral disease" also known as Bird flu has spread to seven states.
Lagos and Kaduna state were the states that recorded the first cases in Nigeria, Ogun, Delta, Rivers, Edo and Plateau states are now among the states in Nigeria with bird flu cases which takes the Tally to seven.
Akinwunmi Adesina , the Minister of Agriculture addressed members of the press today in Abuja, he said " 15 commercial farms and 9 live bird Markets have been affected by the disease in the five states".
He then assured Nigerians that "We are not in a state of any epidemic. Seven states have so far reported cases of the bird flu – Kano, Lagos, Ogun, Delta, Rivers, Edo and Plateau States. The most affected state has been Kano, where the initial case of the bird flu was found. In all of these states, different levels of interventions, including depopulation, decontamination and quarantine are currently ongoing.” he said 103,445 birds have reportedly been exposed to the infection in Kano State, with 15,963 (15 per cent) mortality reported, while 31,195 and 3,347 (11%) mortality has been reported in Lagos State".
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