The virus attracts the attention of epidemiologists, due to the possibility of transmitting the disease to humans.
China has reported 21 human cases of H5N6 bird flu so far this year, which is more than the whole of 2020, according to the British newspaper, The Guardian.
On Monday, the World Organization for Animal Health said, based on a report issued by the South Korean authorities, that Seoul had reported an outbreak of the disease on a farm of about 770,000 chickens in Cheongbuk-do, and all the animals had been slaughtered.
The organization also said that a statement issued by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture last week, confirmed the outbreak of the disease in a poultry farm in the northeast of the country, but the virus is of the type H5N8.
Turning to Europe, FAO confirmed that Norway has reported an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in the Rogaland region with a flock of 7,000 birds.
And the Belgian authorities warned of the danger of bird flu, and ordered to keep poultry in closed places, after the detection of a highly contagious type of disease in a wild goose near Antwerp.
The Belgian move followed a similar move in neighboring France earlier this month, while the Netherlands did the same in October.
Earlier this month, strict “biosecurity” measures were announced in Britain, after a flock of poultry was culled near Dundee in Scotland.
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