South Korean Investigating New Outbreak

 

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A worrisome turn of events if this outbreak is confirmed (there are other causes of bird deaths besides avian flu).  Ulsan city is located in the southeast region of the country that thus far has remained unscathed by the bird flu virus.

 

Location map

Map of South Korea highlighting the city

 

 

 

This report from Radio Australia.

 

 

South Korea reports new bird flu outbreak

 

 

South Korea, grappling its worst outbreak of bird flu, has reported another suspected outbreak of the virus at a chicken farm in Ulsan City.

 


If confirmed, it would be the first in the southeast of the country,.


South Korea previously confirmed 20 cases of the H5N1 strain in poultry in less than one month, despite having killed more than five million birds.

 

No human deaths from the disease have been reported so far.


South Korea had to kill almost five and a half million birds during its first bird flu outbreak between late 2003 and early 2004.

 


The second outbreak in 2006-2007 saw about half that number culled.

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