韩国禽流感疫情升温 新增3起病例

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  据外媒报道，继上周确认首批禽流感疫情后，韩国再发生3起高致病性H5N6禽流感病例，韩政府已将禽流感疫情级别提高至最高的第二级。

    据报道，韩国农林食品部23日发表声明称，最新的3起病例出现在中部和西南部地区的2座养鸭场。这2座养鸭场的3万5百只鸭子已被全部宰杀。

    韩农林食品部表示，3起病例中的1起是在昨天确定，另1起是在23日早上确定，第3起在23日晚些时候确定，出现在首尔以北38公里的杨州市（Yangju）1座养鸡场。

    部分原文报道如下：

    South Korea raised the country's bird flu alert status on Wednesday to its second-highest level following three more outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 strain after the first cases were confirmed last week.

    The new bird flu outbreaks were discovered at two duck farms in the central and southwestern regions of the country, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday. All 30,500 ducks at the farms have been culled.

    One more case was confirmed on Tuesday and the second earlier on Wednesday, the ministry statement said.