Article: DPRK bans poultry imports from bird-flu-stricken countries

DPRK bans poultry imports from bird-flu-stricken countries

PYONGYANG, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has taken measures to keep bird flu from infiltrating into the country, the official news agency KCNA quoted a medical official as saying on Friday.

These measures include a thorough medical check-up on people from the bird-flu-stricken countries and a poultry imports ban from those countries.

The departments concerned have also registered all those who suffer from influenza and thoroughly checked them to find out whether they are infected by bird flu virus.

Efforts were also made to popularize the common knowledge of the bird flu and ...

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