YANGON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities have announced the lifting of restrictions on the transport of chickens and its products, claiming that the recent bird flu H5N1 has been under control.
A statement of the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department released on Sunday said there have been no suspicious chicken deaths in two townships in Yangon region's Mayangone and Tanintharyi region's Dawei due to the avian influenza.
Twenty one days after the start of the containment program, restrictions imposed on the transport of chicken and chicken products from the areas were lifted, the statement added.
Avian influenza occurred on July 26 in Dawei township, southern Tanintharyi region, leaving 5,000 chickens culled.
The H5N1 cases cases occurred in Myanmar for the first time in 2006 and so far eight cases have happened in the country up to 2016.
Tanintharyi region was reported with the flu for the first time.
