Kim Chang-sup, an official for South Korea’s Agriculture Ministry, confirmed the fourth outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus strain H5N1 so far this year. This latest outbreak occurred on a farm in Yeoungam, about 236 miles southwest of Seoul, and resulted in the preventive slaughter of about 470,000 chickens and ducks farmed within a roughly 2-mile radius from the farm. The current slaughter brings the number of birds eliminated to about 1.3 million so far this year. The first outbreak this year was reported earlier this month, with three other outbreaks soon following. There are an additional six suspected outbreaks of the virus and tests to identify the strain of the virus are under way.

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