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South Korea confirms first outbreak of bird flu among poultry in 2020

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South Korea has confirmed this year's first cases of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in the southwestern province of Jeonbuk, the country's Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Saturday. According to the ministry, the flu was detected at a duck farm in the province's city of Jeongeup, marking the first confirmed case of the flu in poultry this year.