Yangju City Mobilizes All Administrative Resources to Block Avian Influenza

Yangju City held an emergency quarantine countermeasures meeting at the Agricultural Technology Center on the morning of the 4th, chaired by Yangju Mayor Lee Sung-ho, with vice mayors, division heads, and department heads urgently convened.

On the 3rd, an AI positive reaction was confirmed at a chicken farm in Paju City, which is adjacent to Yangju City, resulting in the culling of approximately 1,500 chickens. In response, Mayor Lee held an emergency meeting on the morning of the 4th and established proactive measures including the promotion of emergency quarantine operations to block avian influenza.

The city will preemptively prevent the inflow of avian influenza by urgently establishing key disinfection stations, conducting emergency surveillance and disinfection quarantine operations for poultry farms within the jurisdiction, and operating a 24-hour avian influenza countermeasures situation room.

In particular, from the 5th onwards, the city plans to ban gatherings among livestock farms and the sale of live chickens in traditional markets, and implement early culling of poultry raised at small-scale poultry farms, implementing high-intensity quarantine measures to block the inflow of avian influenza.

Mayor Lee stated, “Although the current AI crisis alert level is at the 'Caution' stage, Yangju City will immediately implement preemptive avian influenza inflow prevention measures by re-examining quarantine countermeasures in accordance with the highest level of 'Serious,'” and ordered, “All administrative resources of Yangju City must be mobilized to make every effort for the complete blockade of avian influenza at its source.”

Meanwhile, in response to the occurrence of suspected AI in livestock in Paju City, Yangju City conducted emergency surveillance on all poultry farms within its jurisdiction and carried out comprehensive cleaning and disinfection of feed and pharmaceutical factories within the city.