South Korea: Second bird flu case has been found

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Source: CCTV.com | 11-28-2006 13:21

South Korea's farm ministry has found a second suspected case of highly pathogenic bird flu.

This announcement came Tuesday after officials confirmed the first outbreak in three years of the H5N1 strain on Saturday. The ministry said the second case was discovered at a poultry farm near the site of the first case. They are checking to see if the virus has spread. South Korea has nearly completed the slaughter of over 200 thousand poultry within a 500 meters of a farm in North Cholla province. It was here that officials say the H5N1 avian influenza killed 6 thousand chickens.

Editor:Ji Xuewen