South Korea: 7th Outbreak In 4 Months
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Despite aggressive culling techniques, South Korea continues to see outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 in their poultry flocks. This time, it's in Chonan again, about 55 miles south of Seoul.
South Koreas says has 7th bird flu outbreak
Thu 8 Mar 2007 4:39:36 GMT
SEOUL, March 8 (Reuters) - South Korea confirmed on Thursday its seventh outbreak in the past several months of highly virulent bird flu, despite a mass culling and other measures to prevent the spread of the deadly H5N1 strain.
The latest outbreak was at a poultry farm in Chonan, about 90 km (55 miles) south of Seoul, where a similar outbreak had taken place in January, the agriculture minister said.
In November, South Korea confirmed its first case of the H5N1 strain in about three years.
