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As we get deeper into this year's flu season, concerns are mounting that human bird flu infections could be lost in the background clutter of seasonal flu.
In Korea - Tourists from overseas, who have a unidentified respiratory or high-fever symptoms, must report to nearby public healthcare offices - according to a statement issued by the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
This statement targets tourists. There is no mention in this article of what any of the 50 million residents of Korea are to do if they find themselves suffering from a similar malady.
The statement in the article, that 209 people have died this year from bird flu, is incorrect. That is roughly the number who have died since bird flu re-emerged in 2003.
Korea issues warnings as bird flu spreads in Asia
Date: December 26, 2007
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.
