South Korea: Special quarantine for highly pathogenic AI for 5 months from next month

Published 2021년 9월 30일

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South Korea's government is taking steps to strengthen quarantine management against highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) and other animal diseases, such as African swine fever (ASF) and foot-and-mouth disease, expected to be brought in by migratory birds in winter. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs plans to increase surveillance, change access control of livestock vehicles in migratory bird sanctuaries, and implement a disease control rating system for laying hen farms. Additionally, measures to prevent the spread of ASF and prepare for foot-and-mouth disease, including vaccination and increasing vaccine stockpile, are being taken. Farmers are urged to wash and change boots to prevent the spread of these diseases.

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ko Eun-ji = The government has decided to strengthen quarantine management by setting the period from next month to February next year, when winter migratory birds come, as a special quarantine period. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on the 30th, highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) has increased rapidly in overseas wild birds this year, and is highly likely to enter Korea through migratory birds this winter. Between January and August, the number of AI cases in wild birds increased 40 times in Europe and 3 times in Asia compared to last year. Other animal diseases are also not a safe situation. African swine fever (ASF) started in September 2019, with a total of 20 cases in domestic pig farms, and 1,636 cases in 17 cities and counties, mainly Gyeonggi and Gangwon, from wild boars. Foot-and-mouth disease has not yet appeared in Korea since three cases occurred in January 2019, but continues to occur in neighboring ...

Source: Yna