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PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (22): South Korea (KG) HPAI H5N6, poultry, spread
Avian Influenza H5N6 -- South KoreaBird flu was recently detected on farms near Seoul; just weeks before the 2018 Winter Olympics will take place in South Korea.On [Sat 27 Jan 2018], South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced that it had discovered a highly pathogenic strain of the H5N6 avian influenza near a chicken farm in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, about 25 mi [approx. 40 km] south of Seoul. Another pathogenic strain of the same virus was also recently detected in another Read more [...]
