More than 33 million head of poultry destroyed in South Korea, after starting in November of last year the epidemic of “bird flu”. This was announced by the Ministry of rural and Maritime economy of the Republic, commenting on the situation of the epidemic.
The Ministry said that this is a record the scale of damage that had to go. During a similar outbreak in 2014 killed nearly 14 million head.
Experts recognize that, despite their efforts “bird flu” again and again returns to Korea, what blame primarily migratory birds.
An outbreak occurred on November 16 last year on a farm in Haenam, 420 km South-West from Seoul. As a result, the epidemic has spread in 340 farms.
Earlier this month, the authorities in Korea were relieved, to cope with the epidemic, but a few days ago in Gimje were new hotbed of avian influenza.
The Korean government said it will try to at least partially compensate for the damage suffered from the epidemic of the farms. For these purposes it is planned to allocate about $ 230 million.
Earlier it was reported that in China seller ducks-grill died from bird flu.
