It is noted that quarantine was introduced for the transportation of chickens and eggs within a radius of three kilometers around the farm, where foci of the disease were found.

In addition, the export of chickens and eggs outside the 10-kilometer zone is prohibited.

On December 2, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported that 120,000 chickens had been slaughtered due to an outbreak of bird flu in the Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima.