(Taean=Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Yun-deok = On the 25th, Taean County, South Chungcheong Province, announced that the highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) virus was detected in a dead wild goose.
A dead wild goose was found on the 19th in Bunam Lake, Dang-am-ri, Nam-myeon, Taean County. The National Institute of Wildlife Disease Control and Prevention analyzed the sample and confirmed it as highly pathogenic (H5N1 type) AI positive on the 24th.
Taean County has informed nearby poultry farms of this fact, and has set up a 10 km quarantine zone around Bunam Lake and is conducting intensive disinfection.
At 2:42 PM on the same day, a disaster safety message was sent urging people to refrain from visiting wild bird habitats and to report any dead birds found.
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