Japan bans S. Korean poultry imports due to bird flu concerns
24/11/2006 15:22
The Japanese government has decided to suspend poultry imports from South
Korea due to fear of bird flu virus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki
said today.
The South Korean Agriculture and Forestry Ministry released on
Thursday the fact that some 6,000 chickens on a farm died in four days ending
Wednesday, likely sufferers of the deadly H5N1 virus.
Shiozaki said travelers
from South Korea will be asked to disinfect the soles of their shoes on arriving
in Japan as a preventive measure.
Xinhua News
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