Two of them Galapagos Islands According to an official letter from the Galapagos National Park Service obtained by EFE, tourism in the two areas has been temporarily banned due to the possibility that birds in the two areas may be infected with avian influenza.
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This restriction applies from March 12, 2024 Urbina Bay, Isabela Island, largest of the archipelago Punta Espinoza is located on Fernandina Island. Park rangers and guides have seen dead seabirds there.
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They usually arrive at these two places tourist boat And carry out landing and water activities such as kayaking and snorkeling.
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Ban issued by the competent authorities Galapagos National Park It applies to land visits to these locations, while water activities can continue without restrictions.
During the tourism closure period, inspections, sampling, testing and monitoring will be carried out at two points “until eliminate danger This may affect bird mortality,” Galapagos National Park said.
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The H5N1 virus has been present in the Galapagos Islands since September 19, 2023. First positive case detected. Since then, Ecuador’s environment department has conducted observations and collected samples of live and dead birds at at least 29 locations in the archipelago.
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As of late 2023, focus locations for the disease include Genovissa and Punta Piete on San Cristóbal, the easternmost island of the archipelago.In these two colonies Red-footed boobies are the most affected species According to National Parks.
new possibilities bird flu outbreak They are now located opposite each other, as Isabela and Fernandina are the westernmost islands in the island region.
Following severe impacts in 2023, confirmation of the virus’s presence in this sensitive natural enclave led to extreme measures. Coastal wildlife of Chile and Peru, Thousands of birds die from bird flu.
In 2022, avian influenza will cause serious damage to our country Poultry farms in Ecuadorseveral outbreaks, mainly in the Andes, killed or sacrificed at least 1.2 million birds, and also infected a girl, one of the few human cases recorded in the region.
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