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In Memoriam
Tourists from overseas in Korea were advised to take precautionary measures as Asian nations try to control the H5N1 bird flu virus, officials said Wednesday (Dec. 26).
The warning came as 209 people, who had been linked to close contact with sick or dead birds around the globe, died this year, the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement.
"Tourists from overseas, who have a unidentified respiratory or high-fever symptoms, must report to nearby public healthcare offices," the center said in a statement.
Last month, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said it discovered a less virulent strain of bird flu at a poultry farm in the south west of the country.
In 2003, Korea reported the first outbreak of bird flu, which prompted the slaughter of about 5.3 million birds.
http://www.kois.go.kr/News/News/NewsView.asp?serial_no=20071226023
The warning came as 209 people, who had been linked to close contact with sick or dead birds around the globe, died this year, the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement.
"Tourists from overseas, who have a unidentified respiratory or high-fever symptoms, must report to nearby public healthcare offices," the center said in a statement.
Last month, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said it discovered a less virulent strain of bird flu at a poultry farm in the south west of the country.
In 2003, Korea reported the first outbreak of bird flu, which prompted the slaughter of about 5.3 million birds.
http://www.kois.go.kr/News/News/NewsView.asp?serial_no=20071226023