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South Korea's bird flu woes continue with fresh reports of 7 new suspected outbreaks at poultry farms in North and South Jeolla provinces.
In the past South Korea has rapidly brought any bird flu outbreaks under control, and this sudden spread of the virus has apparently caught them by surprise.
This from Reuters.
South Korea culls 3 mln birds as bird flu spreads fast
By Miyoung Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Thursday it had culled 3 million farmed birds and confirmed three more outbreaks of bird flu, as the country grapples with its worst avian influenza outbreak in four years.
In just two weeks South Korea has confirmed 15 cases of the deadly H5N1 strain, raising alarm as the highly virulent virus is spreading at its fastest rate since the country reported its first case in 2003.
The farm ministry said on Thursday it had seven new reports of suspected bird flu outbreaks at poultry farms in North and South Jeolla provinces, some 320 km south of Seoul, where the first bird flu recurrence for a year was reported earlier this month.
It also said it would slaughter hundreds of thousands of birds in the most severely affected southwestern part of the country, as it confirmed three new outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 in the area late on Thursday.
