Global pandemic H5N1 avian influenza first detected in South Korea this winter

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) type H5N1 was detected for the first time in South Korea. The Ministry of Environment (Minister: Kim Wan-seop) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Minister: Son Mi-ryon, hereafter referred to as the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) announced the establishment of a national