South Korean Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Sunday called for "differentiated and tailored" quarantine and sterilization efforts to contain the avian influenza (AI) that has ravaged poultry farms across the country since mid-November, Yonhap reported on Sunday.

During a daily meeting on AI, Hwang also stressed the need for more "scientific and systematic" quarantine activities through experts' counseling and a more thorough analysis of specific features of poultry farms.

"Beyond the basic quarantine activities, we should carry out effective, tailored quarantine measures that are differentiated based on the specific features of species such as chickens and ducks, and regional differences," Hwang said.

Meanwhile, a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was discovered in two dead cats on Saturday, marking the first infection of the virus found in mammals in two years.

Source: MENA