Sobyanin announced quarantine in several districts of Moscow due to bird flu

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced administered quarantine in several districts of the capital due to identified cases of bird flu. According to TASSwe are talking about the Borisovsky pond and the site on the Besedinskoye highway (the territories are designated as an epizootic focus).

“To establish restrictive measures (quarantine) within the epizootic focus, the threatened zone and the surveillance zone for a period until the implementation of measures aimed at preventing the spread and eliminating the focus of highly pathogenic avian influenza,” the order says.

The areas of Brateevo, Kapotnya, Maryino, Lyublino, Pechatniki, Moskvorechye-Saburovo, Tsaritsyno, Biryulyovo East, Orekhovo-Borisovo North and South, Zyablikovo are recognized as a threatened zone. The observation zone is all territories adjacent to them.