The government has confirmed an additional outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the southwestern area of the country.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Saturday that the case of bird flu reported on Thursday at a chicken farm in Jeongeup, North Jeolla province, tested positive for the H5N1 virus. The farm is located four kilometers away from the area where the nation's third case of bird flu for this year was reported.