An outbreak involving 10,000 chickens, unspecified as to type, was confirmed in Jeollanam-Do a costal province located on the southern tip of South Korea. The January 25th 2024 outbreak was reported subsequently to the WOAH on February 5th.
One month previously, H5N6 HPAI was isolated from a migratory waterfowl (Northern Shoveler in Cheju-Do).
While most previous cases of HPAI have yielded H5N1, it is possible that H5N6 may become significant in the epidemiology of highly pathogenic avian influenza in southeast Asia.