(Cheongju=Yonhap News) Reporter Cheon Gyeong-hwan = Cheongju City announced on the 14th that the highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) virus (H5N1) was detected in a wild duck sample captured at Byeongcheon Stream in Ochang-eup, prompting emergency disease control measures.
The city captured the wild duck as part of surveillance activities to prevent the spread of AI.
The city has set up a disease control zone within a 10 km radius of the capture site and has imposed movement restrictions until the 25th.
There are 6 farms within the disease control zone, raising 99,000 poultry.
On the 11th, H5 type AI antigen was detected in a mallard sample captured at Miho River.
Currently, a detailed test to determine high pathogenicity is underway, with results expected in 4 to 5 days.
The city is strengthening disease control, including disinfection, to prevent the entry of AI into poultry farms. kw@yna.co.kr