Restrictions on public access to Viedmario Negro Beach by Avian influenza affecting sea lions and birds Residency in the area will end on Thursday, according to official reports.
“If there are no legal or administrative instruments of provincial or national order stating otherwise, tomorrow we will be able to open beach access and advance prevention, control and prevention plans together with the organizations. Public spaces, services and environment of the Municipality of Viedma Minister Gastón Gutiérrez told Télam.
Gutiérrez explained that the beaches affected include those of El Cóndor, Bahía Rosas and Bahía Creek, Segunda Bajada El Faro, El Espigón, Playa Bonita and La Lobería.
In response to the health crisis affecting the fauna of the coastal area, the municipality of Viedma has erected a 14-day fence at the entrance to the beach with the aim of “protecting health and preventing possible transmission of the virus to humans”.
Gutiérrez explained that the beaches affected include those of El Cóndor, Bahía Rosas and Bahía Creek, Segunda Bajada El Faro, El Espigón, Playa Bonita and La Lobería.
The measure is implemented and coordinated by the Crisis Committee Composed of the Secretariat of Environment and Climate Change of Rio Negro, the Environmental Health Sector and the Coordination of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, the Municipality of Viedma, Senesa, the Argentinian Navy Department and the Rio Negro Police Department.
In imposing the restrictions, authorities in Rio Negro stressed that “avian influenza is a potentially zoonotic disease, meaning that it can be transmitted from animals to humans”.
Viruses found in excrement and secretions of birds and marine mammals, which pose risks to people who may come into contact with these animals or their fluids.
Gutierrez pointed out that there are about 40 sea lion carcasses buried at the entrance to Viedma Beach, and there are about 260 sea lion specimens along the entire coast of the province.
“Bird remains being wiped According to Senasa, the results of bird flu so far are negative, which means that no other transmission vector has been added in this case,” he said.
It is recommended that contact should be avoided in the presence of dead or recovering wildlife.