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S. Korea to implement tough bird flu prevention measures beginning November SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to implement a series of tough measures aimed at preventing bird flu from hitting the country during the winter months, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said Wednesday.
The plan, which will run from November through February, calls for the government to make quarantine and monitoring efforts to stem the flu from coming into the country through imports of infected birds and poultry.
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20061025/440100000020061025114131E4.html
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S. Korea to take tough measures against bird flu this winter
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's agriculture ministry Wednesday announced tough measures aimed at preventing a winter outbreak of bird flu.
From November through February it will step up quarantine and monitoring to prevent imports of infected birds. The ministry said imports from China and Thailand were already banned since both had reported cases.
South Koreans travelling abroad will be urged not to bring in poultry from high-risk countries. Agricultural quarantine officers will be placed at all international airports and seaports.
Domestically, authorities will step up monitoring of duck and chicken farms.
If a case is reported, an area up to three kilometers from the site will be quarantined and all birds that could have contracted the disease will be destroyed. Movements of birds from the area will be banned for at least 30 days.
From December 2003 to March 2004 the government destroyed 5.3 million ducks and chickens as part of its fight against bird flu, Yonhap news agency reported.
There are concerns that migrating birds that travel south in winter could bring the virus into the country.
The H5N1 strain of avian influenza has caused more than 150 human deaths since 2003, but none in South Korea. Scientists fear it could be a precursor to a global flu pandemic with a potential death toll of millions.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=54227
The plan, which will run from November through February, calls for the government to make quarantine and monitoring efforts to stem the flu from coming into the country through imports of infected birds and poultry.
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20061025/440100000020061025114131E4.html
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SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's agriculture ministry Wednesday announced tough measures aimed at preventing a winter outbreak of bird flu.
From November through February it will step up quarantine and monitoring to prevent imports of infected birds. The ministry said imports from China and Thailand were already banned since both had reported cases.
South Koreans travelling abroad will be urged not to bring in poultry from high-risk countries. Agricultural quarantine officers will be placed at all international airports and seaports.
Domestically, authorities will step up monitoring of duck and chicken farms.
If a case is reported, an area up to three kilometers from the site will be quarantined and all birds that could have contracted the disease will be destroyed. Movements of birds from the area will be banned for at least 30 days.
From December 2003 to March 2004 the government destroyed 5.3 million ducks and chickens as part of its fight against bird flu, Yonhap news agency reported.
There are concerns that migrating birds that travel south in winter could bring the virus into the country.
The H5N1 strain of avian influenza has caused more than 150 human deaths since 2003, but none in South Korea. Scientists fear it could be a precursor to a global flu pandemic with a potential death toll of millions.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=54227
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