GOV'T RELEASES GHC11 MILLION TO COMBAT BIRD FLU

Government has released GHc11 million to tighten the fight against the avian influenza also known as bird flu in the country.

It has through the Ministry of Agriculture supplied 22 vehicles and 120 motorbikes to bring the disease under control.

This was revealed by the by Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Dr Hannah Bissiw at a forum which was aimed at outlining measures put in place by government to arrest the further spread of the influenza.

She said government has compensated twenty-five poultry farmers whose farms were affected by bird flu.

Dr Bissiw added that the compensation has so far motivated poultry farmers to report cases of suspected disease on their farms.