(LEAD) Butcher of birds at traditional markets, restaurants to be banned: gov't
SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- The government and ruling party said Friday that the butchering of chickens and ducks at traditional markets and restaurants will be prohibited to contain the spread of bird flu.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Grand National Party (GNP) said the measures are designed to deal once and for all with the worst bird flu outbreak in South Korean history. Only Jeju Island off the southern coast has been spared from the latest bird flu scare, with all other parts of the country reporting cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus.
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