Recent bird flu outbreaks may have come from midwestern China, ministry says

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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20061215/460100000020061215113621E7.html

 

SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean officials said Friday the two cases of

bird flu viruses discovered last month in the country were likely to have

originated from the midwest of China.

 

South Korea confirmed a highly pathogenic bird flu outbreak on Nov. 25 at a

poultry farm in Iksan, about 230 kilometers south of Seoul, the country's first

case in three years. Two additional cases of highly virulent avian influenza

were discovered Nov. 27 and earlier this week, respectively, in nearby poultry

farms.

 

(also see http://www.thepoultrysite.com/bird-flu/bird-flu-news.php/)