North Korea has claimed it developed a poultry vaccine against the deadly H5N1 type of bird flu and is inoculating chicken as part of stepped-up efforts a to prevent the disease following outbreaks in South Korea. "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 alone", said Rickyong Gun, Director of the North's veterinary and Anti-Epidemic Department, in an interview with AP Television News in Pyongyang. Bird flu hit North Korea early last year, prompting the slaughter of about 210,000 chickens and other poultry. No new cases of bird flu 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 call more than 1.13 million poultry". Because of the bird flu out breaks in South Korea recently we are further strengthening quarantive efforts", Mr.Rickyong said.
(Business Line 15/12/06)
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