Government opens BRL 200 million credit to fight avian flu
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The decision is published in the Official Gazette of the Union
Brasilia- Provisional measure published this Tuesday (6) in the Official Diary of the Union opens an extraordinary credit of R$ 200 million in favor of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock for actions to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1). 
The publication is signed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and by the Minister of Planning and Budget, Simone Tebet.
In a note, the Ministry of Agriculture reported that, with the state of animal health emergency in force in the country and the confirmation of cases of the disease in wild birds in at least four states, control and containment actions will be intensified.
The credit, according to the folder, will be applied to the Unified System of Attention to Agricultural Health (Suasa). Among the planned actions are the rapid identification, testing and health care of suspected cases.
“For this, the technical teams will be able to count on reinforcement for specific actions in loco”, highlighted the statement.
“Brazil remains free of avian influenza in commercial breeding and maintains its status as free of avian influenza before the World Organization for Animal Health, exporting its products for safe consumption,” concluded the ministry.
new foci
The ministry confirmed this Monday (5th) the first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in the state of São Paulo. The wild bird of the species Thalasseus maximus (Trinta-réis-real) was found in the municipality of Ubatuba, north coast.
One more focus was also detected in Rio de Janeiro, in Niterói, also in the terns species. In all, 24 outbreaks in wild birds have already been confirmed in the states of Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo.
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