Hwaseong City Activates Emergency Disease Control Measures Against Avian Influenza

Hwaseong City announced on the 8th that it will implement intensive quarantine measures to prevent the inflow of avian influenza.

The city plans to install access prohibition notices at key entrances to Siheung Lake and Hwaseong Lake, which are migratory bird habitats within the city, and will conduct avian influenza prevention training for related officials from organizations such as the Korea Rural Community Corporation.

The city also plans to conduct virus detection tests on wild bird feces at migratory bird habitats and monitor outbreak trends to implement isolation measures from the external environment when cases occur.

In addition, the city will conduct daily surveillance of duck farming operations that serve as reservoirs for avian influenza and will immediately conduct tests upon discovery of abnormal symptoms to preempt the spread of the disease.

For all poultry farms, the city plans to conduct surveillance at least once a week and implement disease control awareness campaigns through a civil servant responsibility surveillance system, and will respond swiftly upon discovery of suspected infected animals.