From the outbreak of demand in COVID-19 in early 2020 to the spread of Omicron around the world, human life for more than two years has been closely related to this virus.
Although people all over the world hope to defeat the "mask incident", it backfires. Before Omicron was solved, avian influenza broke out in Europe, America and the Philippines.
So, will this outbreak of bird flu in the United States be transmitted to people? How will the prices of eggs and chicken be affected?
As early as February this year, bird flu was first discovered in Indiana, USA, and it broke out rapidly. By the end of March, avian influenza had broken out in at least 65,438+08 states in the United States.
Experts speculate that bird flu is likely to spread to poultry through wild birds, and the virus has no national boundaries. At present, the bird flu virus has spread to at least 34 countries in Europe, including France.
Second, respond.
The response to the outbreak of avian influenza in the United States was quite timely. First, deal with infected poultry animals to prevent poultry from spreading to each other and avoid further expansion of bird flu. According to the information provided by the US Department of Agriculture, more than130,000 birds have been treated in 18 states in the United States with avian influenza epidemic.
In addition, the farm where the epidemic broke out was also divided into quarantine areas, and the staff in the farm and the people in direct contact with the farm were also isolated.
In fact, as early as 20 15, avian influenza broke out in the United States. At that time, bird flu spread to 0/5 states in the United States, and more than 50 million birds were involved in bird flu. The economic loss caused in that year was as high as 10 billion US dollars, about 6 billion yuan.
So, where did the bird flu epidemic in the United States come from? How did it spread to Europe and the Philippines? Experts believe that bird flu is probably transmitted to poultry by wild birds before, and it will spread to other areas during the migration of wild birds. But in wild birds, the symptoms of bird flu may not appear, but they will be reflected in birds, which is why this bird flu epidemic has formed.
Third, the impact
Many people may worry about their health, because once human beings are infected with bird flu, the mortality rate will reach about 60%.
However, at present, the epidemic situation of bird flu has not been transmitted from poultry to human beings, and it is difficult for bird flu to be transmitted to human beings. The United States is isolating places affected by the bird flu epidemic to prevent poultry from entering people's tables.
At present, the impact of bird flu on human health will not be great, but the economy, especially the price of eggs, will be affected accordingly.
Especially for the United States, Easter, a traditional western holiday, is coming, and turkey is a traditional food for Easter in the west. However, the bird flu has killed more than one million turkeys, which will lead to the shortage of the follow-up market and is likely to push up the price of poultry.
During the avian flu epidemic in the United States, China has suspended the import of poultry meat from many countries. In 2022 1 month, the poultry meat import in China was only about 40% of that in previous years. By February 2022, a total of 654.38+million tons of poultry meat were imported in two months, but the import of poultry meat in February was only half of that in previous years.
At present, the avian flu epidemic in the United States has little impact on the price of eggs in China. According to the information of China Feed Network, the domestic egg price has risen since April, with many areas surpassing 5 yuan and some areas surpassing 6 yuan.
Shandong and Hebei are the main producing areas of eggs in China, and the price of a kilo of eggs is basically between 4.2 yuan and 4.5 yuan. Guangdong and Beijing, as the main sales areas of eggs, have almost the same price, both of which are 5.2 yuan.
However, at present, the number of laying hens is low, which leads to a decline in egg production. In addition, the logistics and transportation industry is affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, and the demand for eggs is relatively small at present. However, the Qingming small holiday is coming, and the market demand for eggs will increase slightly. It is expected that the price of eggs will rise in the next step.
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Although the outbreak of bird flu in the United States has not had a great impact on our daily life, and the supply of eggs and meat and poultry will not be a big problem in a short time, people still cannot be too careless.
Bird flu mainly infects people through uncooked food, and the food that happens to be eaten is infected with bird flu, so it is easy to cause people to be infected with bird flu. Although this probability is not very high, the consequences will be very serious once infected.