Yangsan-si Launches Emergency Quarantine System to "Stop AI"

Blocking Disease Entry Routes by Operating Egg Transshipment Centers

This is an egg transshipment facility installed to block AI in Yangsan-si, Gyeongnam. (Photo by Yangsan-si)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Yangsan City in Gyeongnam has entered an emergency system to prevent the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI).

On the 21st, Yangsan City announced that in response to the AI epidemic, it is making all-out efforts to prevent AI outbreaks by operating disinfection facilities 24 hours a day at migratory bird habitats and densely populated layer hen farming complexes.

In particular, since layer farms have a very high risk of horizontal transmission through vehicles and people, an egg transshipment center was installed outside the densely populated farming complex to block the entry of external transport vehicles into the complex, allowing transportation only at the transshipment center.

Additionally, drones are being used to intensively disinfect blind spots in quarantine such as Yangsancheon and Wondongcheon, major migratory bird habitats, as well as sandbanks and riverbanks where vehicle disinfection is difficult.

A city official urged, “Citizens are requested to refrain from fishing in rivers and entering poultry farms and migratory bird habitats to prevent disease transmission, and poultry farmers should observe their poultry and report immediately if any suspicious symptoms are observed.”

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