North Korea confirms bird flu outbreak at two chicken farms

NORTH KOREA yesterday confirmed a bird flu outbreak at two chicken farms in the capital Pyongyang and said the farms slaughtered and buried hundreds of thousands of chickens infected by the disease.

North Korea confirms bird flu outbreak at two chicken farms

But no one is reported to have been infected among breeders on the farms, the North’s official KCNA news agency said.

“Bird flu has recently broken out at a few chicken farms including the Hadang chicken farm,” it said.

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