Are there risks in eating seafood?

To date, no cases of avian influenza have been reported in the Port of Punta del Este. But county staff have reminded people that approaching sick or dead animals is not recommended.

. In fact, fences have been put up around the Punta del Este port to prevent people from getting close to the animals that frequent the area.

In this context, Jaime Coronel, head of the MGAP National Agency for Aquatic Resources (Dinara), assured that although wolves may be infected with avian influenza, it is impossible for the disease to be transmitted to fish in the water, so , Eating fish does not pose a risk to human health. “There is no risk,” he said.

Mariano Piaggio, an artisanal fisherman from Punta del Este, agrees, “Fortunately, Neither fish nor fishing were affected“he said. He commented that in recent weeks, fishermen from the department had spoken with the Maldonado Municipal Environment Agency about the increase in the wolf population, which sometimes harmed the work of the fishermen.”Our wolf numbers haven’t been seen in years.

Piaggio commented.

Juan Riva Zucchelli, president of the Uruguayan Chamber of Fisheries, explained that wolves eat large amounts of fish and in some cases damage the nets of artisanal fishermen and industrial vessels.

human infection

“Human contagion exists and is outdated’, Dinara director Jaime Coronel said in a conversation with Telemundo on Wednesday. “IAvian flu has very few cases of transmission worldwide, but has a high mortality rate of up to 50%, which means that there is a lot of concern that this is a problem for humans‘, he clarified.

“In the face of cases, we advise to notify, but stay away from the animals,” Coronel said, also asking not to approach the docks and to feed them. “The idea is In the face of sea lions or sea lions present on the coast, whether symptomatic or dead, it is advised not to approach the animal

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Sources from the Ministry of Animal Husbandry revealed that observer They have arranged a meeting with the national emergency system (Sinae) and have contacted different cities such as Montevideo, where the first case was reported, as well as Maldonado and Rocha.