About 14.9 million poultry have been culled as the bird flu outbreak continues to spread in South Korea

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- About 14.9 million poultry have been culled since South Korea reported its first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza related to farms in November 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture said Wednesday, according to South Korean media.
reported that on the evening of January 6, 2021, local time, a duck farm in Yincheng, 131 kilometers south of Seoul, South Korea, reported the country's latest case of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
, South Korean authorities are investigating a suspected case at a farm in Lingyan County, 384 kilometers south of Seoul.
said about 20,000 ducks were fed on the farm.
South Korea has so far reported 47 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
poultry within a radius of 3 km has been culled at farms where outbreaks have occurred.
reported that of the farm infections reported so far, there were 12 cases in Gyeonggi Road around Seoul, followed by 10 cases each in Quan Luobei Road and Quan Luonan Road.
same time, the number of bird flu cases associated with wild birds reached 60.
authorities are investigating five suspected cases from their habitat.
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