South Korea: Highly pathogenic H5N1 from dead birds in Haebancheon, Gimhae

(Changwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-min = Gyeongnam Province announced on the 20th that it will focus on quarantine management to prevent inflow as highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1 type) was recently detected one after another in the dead wild birds in the province. According to the province, on the 14th, the H5N1 type was confirmed in the dead birds (swans and ducks) found in Haebancheon, Gimhae. Prior to this, the H5N1 type antigen was detected in birds and feces captured in Sachoncheon in Gimhae and Bonggok Reservoir in Changwon last month. This month, avian influenza antigen (H5 type) was detected in wild bird carcasses and feces found in Hapcheon Stream, Changnyeong Upo Wetland, and Haeban Stream in Gimhae, and a close examination is underway to determine whether they are highly pathogenic. The province sees the situation as a situation where the risk of great spread has increased as highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in a wide area earlier than ...