China to vaccinate 14bn poultry

[acmejack]

China has vowed to vaccinate all of its estimated 14 billion poultry to contain the spread of bird flu.

In his announcement, Chief veterinary officer Jia Youling said all the fees would be covered by the government.

The move comes as new outbreaks of bird flu were confirmed in several regions of China in the past month.

BBC

[henslee]

1. That's a lot of lollypops they gotta hand out.

[acmejack]

2. We can't even vaccinate 300 million people.

I thought it says a lot that the chinese intend to do 14 billion fowl.

[henslee]

3. Come on, they could neve vacinate fourteen billion fowl. How could they?