Japan strengthens quarantine at the airport

On December 21, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture-Forestry-Fisheries decided to strengthen the quarantine of animals at its airports in the context of the spread of foot and mouth disease in Korea since the end. last November

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The ministry has asked airports and airlines to ask passengers on international flights to quarantine stations if they have visited farms before or have mud in their shoes.

In addition, the ministry will also increase the use of professional dogs to prevent passengers carrying meat from countries affected by the contagious disease.

With these efforts, the Government of Japan hopes to prevent foot and mouth disease from entering this country, especially during the year-end tourist season until February 2011.

Meanwhile, there are signs that bird flu is returning to Japan.

The Kagoshima prefectural government, one of Japan's largest poultry breeding centers, confirmed a wild crane in Izumi City's national park died of the H5N1 virus.

In order to prevent the risk of this dangerous disease spreading, on December 22, Kagoshima prefectural government mobilized nearly 40 health workers to inspect about 160 poultry farms within a 10km radius of the area. Izumi Plains.

Izumi also decided to block 9 roads connecting this area to prevent bird flu from spreading.