The Department of Agriculture (DA) issued a new memorandum circular allowing the shipment of live domestic birds and products from Visayas and Mindanao going to Luzon amid the recent flu outbreak in San Luis, Pampanga. Visayas and Mindanao can supply for Luzon provided that this is outside the danger zone,” he added. A bio-security team will be created by BAI to monitor if poultry farms are following standard security measures. These teams will start going around small-scale and large-scale poultry farms “as soon as possible,” said Piñol. Currently, the country is not capable to run tests to know whether the flu virus is positive to N7.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 14, 2017 10:18 UTC