NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Sen. Chuck Schumer is asking for a public consciousness marketing campaign to warn about chicken flu.
He made his plea on Sunday, a day after well being officers on Lengthy Island detected it in a small backyard flock in Suffolk County.
“Chook-flu could be very severe. So, the watch phrase is we’ve to nip this within the bud,” Schumer stated. “Whether or not you’ve gotten birds, as a pet, as you recognize they increase sure sorts of chickens, geese, and issues on Lengthy Island to guarantee that all the general public is conscious this.”
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The contaminated flock of birds was remoted and the property the place they had been discovered was quarantined.
The Facilities for Illness Management stated this doesn’t current an instantaneous public well being concern.
