N. Korea May Have Anti-Bird Flu Vaccine
Date: 22.12.2006
"The production of H5N1 vaccine locally developed recently in our country is increased and the compulsory vaccination of it to whole poultry flocks is being done," said Ri Kyong Gun, director of the North's Veterinary and Anti-Epidemic Department, in an interview with AP Television News in Pyongyang.
Ri did not say when the vaccine was developed or how effective it is.
Bird flu hit North Korea early last year, prompting the slaughter of about 210,000 chickens and other poultry. No new cases have since been reported.
Across the tightly sealed border with the South, three cases of bird flu have broken out since last month, forcing the government to cull more than 1.13 million poultry.
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