2008-12-11 10:20:21
Medical inspections will be stepped up for travelers entering Korea from bird flu-hit nations.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that they will more thoroughly inspect travelers upon their return from these regions. The move comes as a multitude of human cases of bird flu infection have been reported in Hong Kong and Vietnam in recent days.
The disease control centers urged travelers to such regions to refrain from visiting poultry farms and markets where poultry products are sold.
Meanwhile, quarantine officials in Hong Kong have culled 80-thousand chickens within a three-kilometer radius from a site where 600-thousand chickens suddenly died after being infected with the virulent H5N1 strain.
Twenty human cases of bird flu infection have been confirmed in Hong Kong, with seven of the cases resulting in death.
Cases of bird flu have also recently been reported in Vietnam, Thailand, India and Laos.
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