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South Korea culls 21.7 million poultry due to bird flu
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- 25 January, 2021
- 06:47
As many as 21.7 million poultry were killed on all farms in South Korea as part of measures to combat avian flu, Report mentions, citing the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
In November 2020, a highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus was detected in South Korea.
Seventy-two cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been registered in the country.
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