[Photo] Drone helicopter used for combating AI outbreak

Posted on : 2018-01-29 17:03 KST Modified on : 2019-10-19 20:29 KST

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs deployed a drone helicopter to a poultry farm outside of Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province in order to help quarantine efforts after a new outbreak of avian influenza (AI) was reported on Jan. 28. This was an addition to a second discovery of AI at a farm in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province the previous day. In response, officials have culled about 190,000 chickens in Hwaseong and 144,000 in Pyeongtaek, and placed all workers at poultry farms in these areas under a week-long quarantine. (Yonhap News)

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