Bird Flu :: North Korea stepping up measures to prevent bird flu

North Korea is stepping up measures to prevent bird flu, its official media said today. North Korea will take all precautions to prevent the spread of an outbreak of the highly virulent H5N1 strain in South Korea.

North Korea, which had an outbreak of bird flu at two poultry farms near Pyongyang in February 2005, said it had inoculated poultry and increased checks along its borders.