The North Korean government is increasingly concerned over the growing avian influenza (also known as bird flu) epidemic in East Asia, state-run media indicated on Thursday.
But preventive methods issued by media remain primitive, suggesting that an outbreak of H7N9 avian flu - which has a 40 percent fatality rate - in the country could have a disastrous effect.
The North Korean government is increasingly concerned over the growing avian influenza (also known as bird flu) epidemic in East Asia, state-run media indicated on Thursday.
But preventive methods issued by media remain primitive, suggesting that an outbreak of H7N9 avian flu - which has a 40 percent fatality rate - in the country could have a disastrous effect.
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