Gangwon-do, Wonju Lift 'AI' Quarantine Area Movement Restrictions

All Farms in the High Pathogenic Avian Influenza Quarantine Zone Test 'Negative'

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[Asia Economy Reporter La Youngcheol] Gangwon Province announced on the 27th of December that it will lift the movement restrictions on poultry farms in Wonju-si where highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) occurred, as well as on poultry farms within the quarantine zone.

According to the province, this lifting of restrictions is based on the results of clinical surveillance and detailed inspections of all 411 poultry farms within a 10 km radius of the affected farm, conducted 30 days after the completion of culling at the AI-affected farm, all of which tested negative.

Earlier, immediately after the AI outbreak, the province imposed a 24-hour temporary movement ban on all poultry farms in the area, urgently culled approximately 67,000 poultry raised at the affected farm, and promptly buried and disposed of contaminated materials such as 310,000 eggs and feed within the farm.

Additionally, movement restrictions were imposed on livestock and products at the affected farm and within the quarantine zone, and emergency quarantine measures including clinical surveillance, detailed inspections, epidemiological investigations, and quarantine checks were carried out at all farms to prevent further spread.

Ahn Jaewan, Director of Animal Quarantine at Gangwon Province, requested livestock farmers to maintain the highest level of quarantine measures, such as daily disinfection and controlling external people and vehicles, to fundamentally block the disease, as additional outbreaks are expected despite the lifting of the quarantine zone at the AI-affected farm.

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