Korea discovered bird flu again

South Korea yesterday said it is beginning to kill thousands of chickens after a new outbreak of bird flu has been discovered near Seoul.

According to health officials, many chickens began to die from February 6 at a ranch in Iljuk village near Ansung, 80 km south of Seoul.

Many bird flu outbreaks have been discovered recently in Korea (Photo: AP)

It is not yet known whether this outbreak of avian influenza virus is deadly, but authorities have asked to kill 130,000 chickens in this camp immediately and 107,000 others at 28 farms. farming nearby.

This is the sixth bird flu outbreak in the country of kimchi since it reappeared in the country three months ago. So far, more than 2 million poultry have been killed due to bird flu.

* Meanwhile, Hungarian officials have dismissed reports that the recent outbreak of bird flu in Britain comes from infected poultry from Hungary.

Last week, nearly 160,000 Bernard Matthews chicken in Britain's Suffolk were killed after many chickens were found to be infected with the H5N1 virus. The owner of the ranch is also the owner of Saga Foods in Hungary, where the avian flu virus was previously detected.

British officials are now investigating Bernard Matthews after reports of the company carrying a handful of poultry processed from Hungary into the UK. However, Saga Foods rejected the H5N1 virus into the UK from their products.

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