Galapagos is a bird-watchers paradise for scores of unique and colourful birds and authorities say they have put in place plan to protect the birds on the archipelago from H5N1 virus rampaging through Europe and North America.
Losses of poultry flocks sent prices for eggs and turkey meat to record highs, making Thursday's Thanksgiving celebrations more expensive in the United States.
Six states have stepped up efforts to contain two strains of bird flu – H5N1 and H5N8 – in recent days after the deaths of thousands of migratory birds.
On June 2, the first case of the virus was confirmed in the southern island of Jeju. Since then four more cases have been confirmed in different locations across the country.
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