The government has paid about MOP 3.91 million in compensation to suppliers affected by bird flu outbreaks since 2014, Central District Social Services Consultative Committee Deputy Convenor Un Sio Leng said on Wednesday.
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Live poultry imports to Macau will cease permanently due to concerns over the bird flu virus, Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan said on Thursday.
Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said on Tuesday that the government has not yet come up with a timetable to resume the sale of live poultry.
The three vendors who sold live poultry at the Temporary Patane Municipal Market’s Fat Kei stall tested negative for the H7-type avian influenza on Thursday, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement, pledging to closely monitor their health status. The trio were taken to isolation rooms on Thursday for 10-days medical observation, the statement […]