Sancheong-gun Operates Control Posts to Prevent Entry of Highly Pathogenic AI

Installed in Gwanjeong-ri, Danseong-myeon, Border Area

AI Control Post in Gwanjeong-ri, Danseong-myeon, Sancheong-gun (Photo by Sancheong-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 14th that it will install control posts and strengthen quarantine measures following the outbreak of highly pathogenic AI at a meat duck farm in Sugok-myeon, Jinju-si nearby.

On the 13th, the county installed a control post in Gwanjeong-ri, Danseong-myeon, the border area of the affected farm, to prevent the inflow of highly pathogenic AI.

This control post will operate daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. until the quarantine zone due to the highly pathogenic AI outbreak in Jinju-si is lifted.

A county official said, "It is a very critical time as highly pathogenic AI has occurred in nearby Jinju," and urged, "To prevent the occurrence and inflow of livestock diseases in our county, all poultry-related vehicles must use the Sancheong Livestock Clean Center’s base disinfection facility and the control post in Gwanjeong-ri, Danseong-myeon when entering farms."

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