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Article: DPRK bans poultry imports from bird-flu-stricken countries
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 9, 2008
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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 ...