Bird Flu Case Caused by Deadly Strain

April 13th, 2008 in Medicine & Health / Diseases
Bird Flu Case Caused by Deadly Strain (AP)

South Korean health officials in protective suits transport a sack containing chickens to be buried at a chicken farm where the bird flu virus was found in Yeongam, South Korea, Thursday, April 10, 2008. South Korean quarantine authorities said Thursday that they have confirmed additional bird flu outbreaks in six farms in the southwestern part of the country.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Hyung Min-woo)

(AP) -- South Korea's government confirmed a fourth outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in the country's southwest Sunday, as the tally of birds slaughtered to control the spread of the disease rose to 1.3 million.

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