South Korea Discovers Third Bird-Flu Outbreak in Three Weeks
By Heejin Koo
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- South Korean health authorities found the third outbreak of a highly-pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain in three weeks, raising concern that the deadly virus is spreading in the Asian nation.
The latest discovery was on a farm in the town of Gimjae, in North Jeolla province, where about 1,000 quails died in the past four days, said the Agricultural Ministry based in Gwacheon, outside Seoul. The National Veterinary & Quarantine Service confirmed the strain as highly pathogenic, it said in an e- mailed statement.
The outbreaks are the first discovered in South Korea since 2003.
To contact the reporter on this story: Heejin Koo in Seoul at hjkoo@bloomberg.net
By Heejin Koo
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- South Korean health authorities found the third outbreak of a highly-pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain in three weeks, raising concern that the deadly virus is spreading in the Asian nation.
The latest discovery was on a farm in the town of Gimjae, in North Jeolla province, where about 1,000 quails died in the past four days, said the Agricultural Ministry based in Gwacheon, outside Seoul. The National Veterinary & Quarantine Service confirmed the strain as highly pathogenic, it said in an e- mailed statement.
The outbreaks are the first discovered in South Korea since 2003.
To contact the reporter on this story: Heejin Koo in Seoul at hjkoo@bloomberg.net
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