High Pathogenicity AI Detected in Wild Birds of Cheongmicheon, Yongin

Poetry, Nearby 10km 'Special Management Area' Established
Movement Restriction Orders Issued to 42 Poultry Farms

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) was detected in wild birds captured near a river in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, prompting emergency measures from quarantine authorities. Yongin City issued movement restriction orders to nearby poultry farms and initiated quarantine measures.

Disinfection vehicles are conducting sanitation work around Cheongmicheon, where highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) was detected.
[Photo by Yongin City]

On the 18th, Yongin City announced that on the 14th, quarantine authorities confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N1 AI in a mandarin duck captured at Cheongmicheon in Baekam-myeon, Cheoin-gu, and subsequently strengthened quarantine measures.

Accordingly, the city raised the AI crisis level from 'caution' to 'severe' and designated a 10 km radius around the nearby migratory bird habitat as a 'special management area.' The city also designated the entire areas of Baekam-myeon and Wonsam-myeon as 'wild waterfowl surveillance areas' and issued movement restriction orders to 42 nearby poultry farms. Two control posts were installed near the detection site, and roads within a 500 m radius were designated as restricted access zones.

A Yongin City official stated, "We are currently guiding local farms to comply with quarantine rules and strengthen disinfection measures to prevent the virus from entering poultry farms."

Earlier, on the 12th, highly pathogenic AI virus was detected in wild bird droppings collected from the Mangyeong River in Gunsan, Jeonbuk.

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