{"id":26051,"date":"2014-02-10T11:59:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T02:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=26051"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:45:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:45:34","slug":"north-reaffirms-action-on-avian-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-reaffirms-action-on-avian-fl\/","title":{"rendered":"North Reaffirms Action on Avian Flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>North Korea has confirmed it is working to prevent an outbreak of avian influenza.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>In a piece published on the 8th entitled \u201cThrough Solid Operation and Tenacious Practice\u201d, the Rodong Sinmun announced that health ministry officials have initiated policy to tackle a range of contagious diseases, including influenza, measles and avian flu.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe prevalence of contagious diseases is being dealt to methodically by the Ministry of Public Health, and a detailed plan of action has been established. &nbsp;An emergency conference has been held and emergency prevention committees at the provincial, city and county level have been accorded increased responsibility. &nbsp;They are undertaking revolutionary measures in the advance prevention of such contagious diseases,\u201d it was written.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>It was further added that cadres dispatched from the health ministry are operating quarantine stations at border stations, airfields and ports to monitor those returning from trips abroad.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>The piece did not elaborate on whether the country had experienced an outbreak of the avian flu, confirming instead the World Health Organization visited the North in late January to oversee poultry inspections.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>A second Rodong Sinmun piece entitled \u201cThe Danger of Infectious Diseases and Policy for Prevention\u201d declared that, \u201cIn addition to cooperative farms and households, areas containing poultry and birds such as chicken, duck and ostrich farms must adhere to regulations for breeding animals in captivity. This requires disinfection in line with high standards of hygiene.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>The reports follow a news item that aired on Chosun Central Television on the 5th that proclaimed, \u201cAn inspection and notification system has been established regarding the routes of migratory birds. Additionally, outsiders are not permitted to enter poultry farms, and inspections of employees and the birds themselves are underway.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>If contracted by humans, severe cases of the H7N9 strain of avian flu can result in death.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea has confirmed it is working to prevent an outbreak of avian influenza. In a piece published on the 8th entitled \u201cThrough Solid Operation and Tenacious Practice\u201d, the Rodong Sinmun announced that health ministry officials have initiated policy to tackle a range of contagious diseases, including influenza, measles and avian flu.&nbsp; \u201cThe prevalence of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":26053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>North Reaffirms Action on Avian Flu - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-reaffirms-action-on-avian-fl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Reaffirms Action on Avian Flu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"North Korea has confirmed it is working to prevent an outbreak of avian influenza. 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