A new case of highly virulent bird flu has been discovered at a breeding farm in Cheonan, 92 km south of Seoul, the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said Thursday.

This is the seventh highly virulent bird flu outbreak confirmed in the country since Nov. 25 last year, when the first outbreak in three years was reported on a poultry farm in Iksan, about 230 km south of Seoul.

The latest bird flu outbreak was reported on Feb. 10 in Anseong, about 15 km away from Cheonan.

In 2003 and 2004, South Korea destroyed more than 5 million poultry to curb the spread of the disease. No South Korean has been reported to be infected.

Source:Xinhua