The Manila Times

Govt to pay farmers who helped curb bird flu virus

- NEIL A. ALCOBER AND DEMPSEY REYES

- and quails were culled as part of efforts to contain the spread of

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a series of releases to be made by - chief added.

checks to farmers as a proof of - mitment to help poultry, duck calamity.

tranche of payment.

“In addition to the compensati­on for the birds which were - - for farm workers who will be jobless because of the closure of the

earlier assured farmers that they would be compensate­d to be able

infected fowl ended on Saturday.

“By the end of this day, the - quails and ducks in San Luis,

- support the clean-up were culled on Saturday.

the 1-kilometer contained radius is expected to be cleared today by

one-kilometer radius would be

cleared by today, our bio-security teams will now focus on Jaen and -

department, the military’s North also on Saturday deployed a chickens there.

Nato, Nolcom spokesman, 137 military personnel from the 7th Ecija at 6 a.m.

He said a request for additional came from the Bureau of Animal and Jaen are infected with the bird disease.

infected fowl are yet to be culled by military troops with assistance - pal Disaster Risk Reduction and

were depopulate­d in all poultry

military personnel from the Nolcom.

disease outbreak.

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