Nearly 22.000 seabirds, the vast majority of them pelicans, died due to avian influenza H5N1 in Peru, authorities said on Monday.
An earlier report released by the National Forestry and Fauna Service (SERFOR) cited 16,000 seabirds dead.
The National Rural Health Service (SENASA) declared a 180-day alert last week when three cases of highly infectious avian influenza H5N1 were confirmed in pelicans.
The first outbreak of avian influenza in the Americas was detected in Canada last year. In January, the virus was detected in the US, where it hit the poultry industry.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) expressed concern and warned that because it is the bird migration season, the disease risks spreading to Central and South America.
Source: CNA
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