Up-to-date York Live Bird Markets, which is to be closed after finding bird flu

All bird markets live in Up-to-date York and in several nearby poviats must temporarily close in the hope of limiting the spread of bird flu, which was detected in some markets last week, Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday.

Order, which came from the Department of Agriculture and MarketsIt affects about 80 live markets in Up-to-date York and in Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk. Seven cases of bird influenza, Bronx and Brooklyn were detected on the markets in Queens.

Markets with confirmed cases must get rid of wrestling, while those in which bird flu has not been detected, they have three days for sale or get rid of all their stocks. All markets should then be cleaned and disinfected before closing for at least five days.

“Protecting public health involves being proactive,” said Governor Hochul in a statement, adding that “he still takes these measured, vigorous steps” to stop the spread of the virus.

Impact of H5N1, a form of bird flu Over 156 million commercial, yards and wild birds In the United States since 2022, as the influenza of birds spreads around the world, public health experts will become more and more concerned about living animal markets.

Since last year there were about 70 live animal markets in Up-to-date York, some of which were near schools and residential buildings. Most of them butcher and sell chickens, ducks and quails, and about a quarter also kills larger animals, such as sheep, goats, cows and pigs. They sell local restaurants and general public.

James McDonald, the State Health Commissioner, said on Friday that bird flu is not a direct threat to public health and that there were no known cases of bird flu in Up-to-date Yorkers. He added that people who regularly interact with farm animals and wild birds should wear personal protective equipment.

Michelle Morse, acting on the city’s health commissioner, said on Friday in a statement that the risk would raise if the virus developed the ability to transfer between people. The department has collaborated with the state to make sure that people working on live markets are informed and receive treatment if they develop symptoms.

Despite this, some believed that the order of the state on Friday did not go far enough.

“Although I am glad that the governor finally wakes up a sedate threat to the audience, which have these markets, it is not enough to simply close them for a week,” said Edita Birnkrant, executive director of Up-to-date Yorkers for Spotless Spotless, Livable and Unthreatening Streets, Group Animal rights, which has been documented for several years, what she describes as “terrifying conditions” in live markets.

Mrs. Birnkrant said that after re -opening the markets they will continue to take thousands of birds and other animals of patients with a bird flu and other ailments.

Linda Rosenthal, a democratic member of the state assembly of Manhattan, said that the markets should be closed to the future and that some of them were to sell their birds three days before cleaning and closing.

Since 2019, many times He introduced the invoice This would create a task group to investigate market security to determine whether they should continue to work.

“We follow all violations and inspections of these markets, and consistently receive violations by the Department of Agriculture and Markets for sullied conditions, the accumulation of dirt, blood throughout the place,” she said.

“I don’t think everything can be solved in five days,” she said.

Up-to-date York inspectors closed on average seven branches five days after them Hit by a bird of flu – not everyone was H5N1 – in 2022 and 2023But it allowed them to open again after cleansing and disinfection.

Last month, the owner of duck farms on Long Island said that 100,000 ducks had to be killed after detecting bird flu.

Apoorva Mandavilli reporting brought.