조류인플루엔자 전 세계적 유행…환경부, 대응 강화<br /><br />South Korea is fighting not only COVID-19 but also avian influenza... affecting birds at its poultry farms.<br />Today the authorities have issued a nationwide standstill for vehicles and personnel at poultry farms for 24 hours... so that disinfection work can be done.<br />Avian influenza is brought into Korea this time of year by birds migrating south from Siberia.<br />There have so far been 22 cases this year, prompting the culling of tens of thousands of chickens and ducks.<br />This strain of avian influenza, H-5-N-8, is highly pathogenic in birds but not so in humans.<br />
