Bird flu spreading in SKorea, officials say (TODAYonline)

South Korean health officials man a quarantine checkpoint near a chicken farm where additional bird flu outbreaks were confirmed in Yeongam, 384 kilometers south of Seoul in April 2008. Bird flu outbreaks have spread to six of South Korea’s nine provinces despite a massive cull which saw the slaughter of more than five million chickens and ducks last month, officials said Saturday.

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Bird flu spreading in SKorea, officials say (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Bird flu outbreaks have spread to six of South Korea’s nine provinces despite a massive cull which saw the slaughter of more than five million chickens and ducks last month, officials said Saturday.

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MICT intensifies safety measures against bird flu (The Daily Tribune) Port operator and logistic provider International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has intensified efforts to protect the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) from the global outbreak of the avian influenza virus or bird flu. [News Source]

MCOT English News : Thailand re-launches two-month bird flu monitoring (MCOT - English News By Thai News Agency)

BANGKOK, May 3 (TNA) - Despite an absence of any new bird flu cases being reported during a just ended monitoring of the potentially deadly disease, concerned Thai government officials have decided to extend the monitoring period for another two months, retroactive to May 1, a ranking official said Saturday.

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