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As China faced up to a battle against bird flu, the government announced a range of control measures it believed would bring the disease under control.
This bird flu 21  more than 16 people across Asia and was made certain in China in late January, 2008 No  22  cases had been found in the mainland but at least 13 of the country’s 31   provinces, autonomous regions(自治区) and municipalities had  23  the disease in poultry(家禽).
“It 24 a difficult task for China to prevent and control the disease,  25  the government is confident in the fight,” said a Vice-Minister of Agriculture. He gave details of a range of measures designed to  26  the disease spreading. Poultry within 3km of infected farms was to be killed and those within 5km vaccinated(接种疫苗).  27  , there would be constant monitoring(监控) and daily  28 on the disease across the country, and  29  production of bird flu vaccines.
Among the 11 Asian countries and regions 30 by bird flu in animals, only Vietnam and Thailand had reported human cases. The people infected were reported to have  31  the disease from poultry.
While the World Health Organization said there was  32  proof of human transmission(传播) of bird flu, it admitted that two sisters who died of bird flu in Vietnam 33  have caught it from their brother.
The big 34  was that the disease could combine with a human flu virus(病毒) to create a deadly 35 disease that would kill millions of people across the  36 . Many Asian farmers live close with their animals and sell  37  chickens on the market. This greatly increases the 38  of human being infected with bird flu.
An official from WHO said Asian countries affected by bird flu should introduce a more  39 way of raising and selling chickens. They have to completely 40  their lifestyle and attitude towards animals.
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