North, South Korea report influenza outbreaks ahead of Winter Olympics

(CNN) As athletes & tourists arrive in South Korea ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang , health officials on the Korean Peninsula are Combating 2 strains of influenza. influenza outbreaks in both North & South Korea have lifted worries for those traveling to the zone. By comparison, South Korea announced one,250 approved statuses of both A & B influenza virus to the WHO among December four & January 28. "Influenza probably just be starting up naturally in South Korea, however it is possible which some people traveling from North Korea can augment which by bringing the virus by them." During the Olympic Games, athletes, trainers & sporting officials typically reside in housing venues referred to as an Olympic Village.

Swine, bird influenza outbreaks slam South, North Korea ahead of Olympics

Super influenza outbreaks are ravaging the Korean Peninsula less than 2 weeks before the Winter Olympics — leaving North Korea scrambling to treat further than 81,000 people infective by H1N1 as the South kills off almostone mn chickens to contain the bird influenza on its side of the border. North Korea demanded influenza pollen backing for people who are high danger in contracting the illness, according to Yonhap break news Agency. meantime, South Korea is too scrambling to contain the bird influenza outbreak by less than 2 weeks until the Opening Ceremony at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The "highly pathogenic strain" of bird influenza was disclosed on Saturday in chickens at 2 farms in Gyeonggi, located south of Seoul. The findings pointed to hygiene & food crises within North Korea.

H1N1, bird influenza shock North Korea & South Korea days before Winter Olympics kickoff

As it stated in North Korea demanded influenza pollen backing for people who are high danger in contracting the illness, according to Yonhap break news Agency. meantime, South Korea is too scrambling to contain the bird influenza outbreak by less than 2 weeks until the Opening Ceremony at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. "It reproduces continuously before Signs appear in the hosts or before they die."Fears about the bird influenza spreading heading into the Olympics caused officials to quarantine all poultry farm workers. A North Korean soldier who defected to the South too had various parasites, including an eleven-company worm, slithering in his body. The findings pointed to hygiene & food crises within North Korea.

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