South Korea has reported 28 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the past month

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Ministry of Emergency Response to Avian Influenza and the Ministry of Agriculture, For animal husbandry and food said Wednesday that a total of 28 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been reported in the country in the past month.
government issued a nationwide 24-hour ban on livestock movements from 0:00 on the same day to curb the spread of the epidemic.
the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has been reported on the 26th of this month at a duck farm in Jingyi City, Quan Luobei Road.
the previous day, there had been outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza at 27 poultry farms and 1 experian farm across the country.
as of 0:00 on the same day, a total of 9.427 million livestock raised on 180 farms had been culled.
it is worth mentioning that, unlike in 2016-2017, the outbreak spread sporadically throughout the country, covering six other lanes besides Jiangyuan Road, QingshanNan Road and Jeju Road.
government has issued a 24-hour ban on livestock movement across the country.
this situation, the price of poultry meat and eggs fluctuates.
At 4 p.m. on the 24th, the price of duck meat per kilogram was 2,105 won (about 12.44 yuan), up 45.3 percent from before the outbreak, and the price of chicken per kilogram was 1,384 won, up 6.1 percent month-on-month, while the origin and retail prices of eggs (10 pieces) rose 7.6 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively.
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