South Korean Government Orders Nationwide Poultry Movement Ban
The bird flu is back; I wonder if someone will try and blame Choi Soon-sil for it? 😉
The government is issuing a 48-hour temporary nationwide “standstill” order this weekend banning the movement of poultry in an effort to prevent the spread of bird flu.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs came to the decision at a meeting Friday as the bird flu alert status was raised from “caution” to “alert.”
The two-day standstill applies all day Saturday and Sunday.
Some 89-thousand poultry farms, slaughter houses, fodder plants and related vehicles registered with the Korea Animal Health Integrated System(KAHIS) are subject to the order.
The move comes amid outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 strain of avian influenza(AI) at farms nationwide. [KBS World Radio]
