The live poultry markets in New York City ran to sell all their chickens and other birds on Friday after seven cases of avian flu and state officials were detected and the state officials ordered the markets in the metropolitan area to close during a week.

Governor Kathy Hochul said there was no immediate threat to public health and that the temporary closure of bird markets in the city and their suburbs of Westchester County and Long Island left a great precaution. The avian flu has reached the farms throughout the country, led to the killing of millions of birds and the prices of the eggs conducted, although the authorities say that there have been no cases among humans in New York.

The state order occurred after the birds infected with the virus were found during the routine inspections of living bird markets in the New York city districts of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. These markets have to get rid of all corral birds in a health manner, according to the order of the State.

Other bird markets that have no cases will have to sell remaining poultry in three days, clean and disinfect and then remain closed for at least five days and be inspected by state officials before reopening.

That meant that the employees of the farm, a poultry market with halal certification in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, rushed to sell the rest of their inventory: around 200 live chickens of different varieties, along with cava, quail , ducks, roosters, pigeons and rabbits.

According to José Fernández, the owner, the owner, the owner, the owner, the owner, the owner, the owner, the owner, the owner, the owner, the owner.

“We are going to lose money for now,” he said. “But the law is the law. They know what they are doing. “

Low risk

The US disease control and prevention centers said that the virus represents a low risk to the general public. The agency said that there have been 67 confirmed cases of avian flu in humans in the US, with mild and mostly detected diseases between agricultural workers who were exposed to poultry of ill sick or dairy cows.

Despite the growing attention in avian flu, the poultry markets of New York City seemed to be doing energetic business on Friday.

Outside the Wallabout Corral Market in Brooklyn, a customer line took numbers and picked up their chickens, which employees snatched from crowded cages, weighing them backwards, before taking them to a back room to be sacrificed.

“I am not worried about any avian flu,” said Stan Tara, a 42 -year -old Brooklyn resident, while boughting a large chicken for $ 22.50. “It’s the same as you buy in the supermarket. A little more expensive, but at least it’s fresh. “

The first death of the avian flu in the United States was reported last month in Louisiana, and health officials say that the person was over 65, had underlying medical problems and had been in contact with sick and dead birds in a Flock in the backyard.

Extension

The H5N1 strain of the avian flu has spread between wild birds, poultry, cows and other animals. The authorities have urged people who come into contact with sick or dead birds to use respiratory and eye protection and gloves when handling poultry.

More than 156 million birds throughout the country have been affected by the outbreak, many in large agricultural operations that have had to kill their entire herds.

Meanwhile, some animal rights groups questioned the purpose of a state order that allowed markets to continue selling birds, instead of closing them immediately.

“The public goes to the markets in which nobody knows if there are outbreaks of avian flu, then taking home dead birds that may or may not be infected,” said Edita Birnkrant, executive director of Nyclass, which has generated alarms on the conditions inside of the approximately 70 live animals markets in the city. “It’s ridiculous.”

It is likely that the prices of the US eggs. .

The highly contagious virus has affected almost 100 million eggs on the US in the US from 2022.

But Cobank said that other factors are also causing supply limitations and increasing prices, such as shooting the demand for consumers’ eggs in recent years. Fast growth breakfast and brunch chains such as the first watch are also eating supplies.

Associated Press writers Anthony Izaguirre and Michael Hill in Albany, New York, and Dee-Ann Durbin in Detroit contributed to this report.

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