奈良で鳥インフル　国内５県目

　奈良県は６日、同県五條市内の養鶏場で、致死率の高い高病原性とみられる鳥インフルエンザが発生したと発表した。国内では１６例目となる。今年は養鶏場では香川、福岡、兵庫、宮崎の４県で発生しているが、奈良県では初めて。
　奈良県は養鶏場で飼育している約８万３千羽を殺処分する。半径１０キロ圏内で飼育されている約４万７千羽についても圏外への持ち出しなどを規制した。（2020/12/06-10:53）

Nara Prefecture on Sunday announced an outbreak of avian influenza believed to be highly pathogenic at a chicken farm in the city of Gojo in the western Japan prefecture.
   This marked the 16th case of highly pathogenic bird flu being confirmed at a chicken farm in Japan this year and the first in Nara. Of the 15 other cases, 10 occurred in the western prefecture of Kagawa, three in the southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki, and one each in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, and Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
   The Nara prefectural government will cull some 83,000 chickens at the farm in Gojo. Restrictions on the movement were imposed for about 47,000 chickens raised in areas of 10 kilometers from the affected facility.
   On Saturday morning, the Gojo farm reported to the prefectural government an increase in the number of dead chickens there.
   A survey later found the deaths of about 30 chickens at the farm. Bird flu infections were confirmed through a simple test and a genetic examination, according to the prefecture.