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Today’s report from Yonhap News indicates that 7 new outbreaks of H5N1 were detected today (Thursday) on poultry farms in central and southeastern South Korea, along with two more reports of FMD in livestock.
This brings the total number of outbreaks of bird flu reported in the past 14 days to 23.
On Wednesday Seoul announced the intent to vaccinate all potentially exposed livestock in the country against FMD. Up until now, vaccination has been limited due to fears that it would extend the time before the nation could regain FMD free status.
To date, roughly 10% of that nation’s 10 million pigs and 3.4 million cattle have been culled due to the disease.
For more on the ongoing FMD crisis see South Korea Battles Bird Flu, FMD.
Additionally, over the past 2 weeks more than 3 million birds have reportedly been culled due to the growing H5N1 crisis, and the nation’s bird flu alert level has been raised to `Orange’; the second highest level.
You’ll find more details on these dual animal disease disasters in this Yonhap News report:
2011/01/13 15:17 KST
S. Korea confirms more FMD cases in central, southeastern regions
