NewsWhore
02-18-2008, 01:10 PM
The government has created yet another committee, this one named the National Livestock Committee (CNP), to deal with the issues connected with the presence of Asian bird flu in the Dominican Republic. According to Enriquillo Rivas, a poultry sector consultant, chicken producers have put up RD$15 million and the Ministry of Agriculture has contributed an equal amount to fund the office. The Presidential decree appointed the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Public Health, the Minister for the Environment and the Minister of Armed Forces to the Committee. Also placed on the committee by the President are the Chief of Police, the Director of Livestock, the Administrator of the Agriculture Bank, the Director of the Agrarian Reform and a representative of the livestock sector. According to the article in Hoy newspaper, the H5N2 virus is present in El Salvador, the United States, Guatemala, Mexico and Costa Rica, and cannot be passed on to humans. FAO inspectors from the United Nations visited the Dominican Republic and Haiti recently, and their report is expected within the next few days.
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