Korea’s Not Taking Any Chances
After confirming a bird flu outbreak earlier this year, the South Korean government isn’t taking this lightly. Besides culling all poultry in the affected areas, they have secured enough drugs against the dreaded disease for 2.5 million people.There hasn’t been any human cases in the country but they’ve taken precaution by vaccinating all the staff involved in the culling of the mentioned poultries.
Although the drugs weren’t identified, one is confirmed: oseltamivir, also known as Tamiflu and is manufactured by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding Ltd. This may seem drastic on the part of the government, but at least they are preparing for the worst.