Fourth AI Case This Fall Confirmed at Cheongju Duck Farm... Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters Strengthen Quarantine Measures

Strengthening Quarantine Measures Including Enhanced Detailed Inspections and Poultry Slaughterhouse Inspections

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[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Eun-mo] Another case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) has been confirmed at a meat duck farm in Cheongju, Chungbuk.

On the 4th, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for Highly Pathogenic AI announced that an AI case was confirmed at a meat duck farm in Cheongju, Chungbuk, resulting in the culling of 12,000 meat ducks. This is the fourth confirmed AI case at poultry farms this fall.

The headquarters decided to strengthen quarantine measures, including detailed inspections and enhanced testing at poultry slaughterhouses, to block horizontal transmission. A rapid response team has been deployed to the affected farm to implement quarantine measures such as access control and epidemiological investigations.

From 7 PM the previous day to 7 PM on the day of the announcement, a 24-hour temporary movement ban was enforced on affiliated poultry farms, livestock facilities (feed factories, slaughterhouses, etc.), and livestock vehicles related to AI outbreak farms in Chungbuk, Sejong, and Cheonan, Chungnam. Additionally, movement restrictions and detailed inspections are being conducted on 37 farms within a 10 km radius, as well as farms, facilities, and vehicles epidemiologically linked to the outbreak farms.

The headquarters plans to conduct nationwide detailed inspections of poultry farms by the 9th and organize 403 on-site inspection teams to check compliance with quarantine rules at vulnerable farms, including those employing foreign workers, until the 11th.

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