Regions
Eastern Visayas bans entry of poultry products

TACLOBAN CITY: Several areas in Eastern Visayas have set up animal quarantine checkpoints and imposed a temporary ban on live chicken and poultry products from Kananga, Leyte amid the bird flu scare.

The towns of Matag-ob, Palompon, Isabel and Merida issued respective executive orders prohibiting the entry of live and wild poultry animals into its areas.