North Korea steps up preventive measures against bird flu

[AlaskaDenise]

http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20061127/630000000020061127073850E6.html

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=466 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=right width=233>2006/11/27 07:38 KST </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

North Korea steps up preventive measures against bird flu: KCNA
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- Following an outbreak of bird flu in South Korea, the North is toughening its own preventive measures against the deadly epidemic, its main media reported.

The country's official Korea Central News Agency said North Korean disease control officials have conducted inoculation of poultry with H5N1 vaccines.

It also said sentry posts along borderlines are working closely with disease control officials to block the epidemic from spreading into the North.

"The veterinary authorities have higher roles than at any other time, and quarantine projects against avian influenza are being conducted more actively than ever," the report said.

A bird flu broke out earlier last week in Iksan, 230 kilometers south of Seoul, killing thousands of chickens. The South Korean government confirmed later in the week the deaths had been caused by a highly virulent strain of the avian influenza virus.

The virus is believed to have the ability to mutate and affect people as well as spread to other livestock if left unchecked.

.

 

[Niko]

North Korea steps up preventative measures against bird flu

North Korea steps up preventative measures against bird flu

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="465"><tbody><tr><td class="t18">DPRK takes preventive measures against possible bird flu outbreaks</td> </tr> <tr><td align="right"><script language="javascript"><!-- drawline1(); //--></script><script langage="javascript"> printResizeButton(); </script>UPDATED: 19:48, November 27, 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td>
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) has stepped up preventive measures against possible bird flu outbreaks, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday.


U Song-rim, director of the Central Veterinary and Anti-epizootic Center under the Ministry of Agriculture, told the KCNA that the DPRK has kept a close eye on the spread of bird flu across the world and is taking relevant measures.


All poultry farms have been ordered to vaccinate their birds against the deadly H5N1 virus, said the KCNA, adding that the migratory birds are under close watch for its prevention.


Farmers have also been instructed to keep their poultries indoors during the migration of wild birds, U said.


Meanwhile, the DPRK's border quarantine offices have stepped up measures to prevent the incursion of the virus from outside.


There has been no report of bird flu in the DPRK since early last spring, while neighbouring South Korea has culled nearly 100,000 chicken and ducks after an outbreak of the H5N1 strain at a chicken farm last week.
Source: Xinhua

</td></tr></tbody></table>
http://english.people.com.cn/200611/27/eng20061127_325658.html

 

[Snowy Owl]

North Korea steps up preventive measures against bird flu: KCNA

North Korea steps up preventive measures against bird flu: KCNA

(LEAD) N. Korea steps up preventive measures against bird flu: KCNA

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20061127/630000000020061127092432E6.html
​

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- Following an outbreak of bird flu in South Korea, North Koreas is toughening its own preventive measures against the deadly animal epidemic, the North's media reported on Monday.

Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, broke out last week in South Korea's southern city of Iksan, killing thousands of chickens, the first outbreak in the country in four years.

The South Korean government confirmed later the deaths had been caused by a highly virulent strain of the virus which can affect human beings.

The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said quarantine posts along the inter-Korean border are working closely with veterinary pathologists to prevent the disease from crossing into the North.

Hundreds of South Koreans cross the land border by bus daily to visit North Koera for sightseeing or business.

"The borderline quarantine posts, in connection with veterinary pathologists, are meticulously conducting preventive projects to block bird flu from entering our country," the KCNA report said.

The North's disease control officials have also conducted inoculation of poultry with H5N1 vaccines to prevent the disease, the report said.

"The veterinary authorities have higher roles than at any other time, and quarantine projects against avian influenza are being conducted more actively than ever," the report said.

The latest outbreak of bird flu in North Korea was reported in March last year, forcing officials to cull more than 210,000 chickens, an important source of meat in the poverty-stricken state.

North Korea's veterinarian officials have also set up field posts to monitor migratory birds and detect any signs of abnormality, according to the KCNA report, adding that farmers have been ordere to keep domesticated animals locked inside.

South Korea remains on a high alert after the outbreak of the fatal virus, which is believed to have killed some 250 people worldwide since its outbreak in 2003.

The Geneva-based World Health Organization believes the virus may mutate into a highly virulent strain that can easily be transmitted among humans if left unchecked.
​