S Korea confirms second highly pathogenic bird flu

SEOUL; South Korea said on Tuesday it had found a second case of highly pathogenic bird flu at a poultry farm, after confirming on Saturday it had its first outbreak in three years of the H5N1 strain.   

The agriculture ministry said the strain killed about 200 chickens at a farm, 3-km from where the first outbreak of the H5N1 strain was found at a poultry farm.   

Agriculture officials are working to confirm if the second outbreak was the H5N1 strain, which can be deadly to humans.