Via CIDRAP: NEWS SCAN: H1N1 and antiviral resistance, H5N1 in Egypt and South Korea, sprout recall. Excerpt:
Suspected H5N1 avian flu has been reported on two poultry farms in South Korea. Hundreds of birds have died and thousands have been slaughtered, including at a chicken farm in Iksan, North Jeolla province, that is very near the country's largest chicken factory, and at a duck farm in Cheonan, South Chungcheong province.
Quarantines are expected if H5N1 is confirmed; testing should be complete very shortly. South Korea declared itself free of H5N1 in late 2008 but has seen three confirmed cases in wild birds just this month.
The country is simultaneously struggling with a major outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in livestock.
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