Temporary standstill issued to prevent bird flu from spreading
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Загружено: 2014-01-26
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Let's start with the bird flu crisis affecting the southern and central regions
of Korea...
The government has ordered a second temporary standstill on the
movement of livestock and farm workers, since the virus broke out eleven
days ago.
Kwon Soa reports. It was a busy weekend for disease prevention
authorities as areas with confirmed or suspected bird flu cases are being
supervised around the clock.
Despite their best efforts, the rising number of confirmed cases prompted
the government on Sunday to issue a 12-hour standstill from Monday
morning on the movement of any livestock, farm workers, and vehicles in
Gyeonggi-do, Chungcheong-do, Daejeon, as well as the administrative city
of Sejong.
The standstill came into effect at 6am on Monday and will be lifted at 6pm.
The government took the step as fears grow the virus could spread
throughout the entire nation, especially after the highly pathogenic H5N8
strain was confirmed in more ducks over the weekend, including on a farm
in Korea's southern Jeollanam-do Province.
Further north in Buyeo, Chungcheongnam-do Province, the virus has been
confirmed in chickens for the first time.
This is especially concerning as chickens are more vulnerable to the virus,
and they greatly outnumber the number of ducks.
With that in mind, authorities have decided to cull all ducks AND chicken
within a three-kilometer radius of six regions along the west coast.
Nearly half-a-million birds have been culled so far... with another 1-point-5
million to be slaughtered over the coming days.
The virus has also been found in migratory bird droppings at Sihwaho lake
in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do Province.
This is the most northern point in which the virus have been detected,
increasing worries it could spread to the Seoul metropolitan area.
Residents in Seoul have reported three suspicious bird deaths over the last
few days, but further investigation showed they weren't linked to the bird
flu.
More cases are predicted to show up this week, especially since the virus
has an incubation period of seven to 21 days.
Prime Minister Chung Hong-won has ordered a state of emergency and
has called for special attention ahead of the Lunar New Year Holiday, which
begins on Thursday.
Kwon Soa, Arirang News.
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