A thermal camera system monitors passengers' body heat as they arrive at Incheon Airport in South Korea. (AFP photo)
SEOUL (AFP) – One of five wild ducks found dead in South Korea this week was confirmed Saturday to have been infected with a lethal strain of the bird flu virus as the country battles its first outbreak in over two years.
Tests showed one of the five dead birds found in Sacheon City on December 26 had been stricken with the H5N1 virus, the agriculture ministry said in a statement.
The same strain -- which poses a risk to humans -- has also been detected in wild birds and their faeces at four other locations across the country since December 7, it said.
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