Local media reported that the ban will not apply to chickens or chickens grown indoors and shipped directly to the slaughterhouse, said COA Minister Lin Tsung-Hsien.

Eggs, disinfected and certified by veterinary service in COA, can also be transported for sale, he said.

February 6, six farms in the provinces of Hualien, Tainan, Chiayi and Yunlin confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N6 strain of avian influenza, according to the Bureau of inspection, health and quarantine of animals and plants.

Earlier it was reported that in the beginning of the year in the country destroyed more than 130 thousand poultry due to the outbreak of the flu.

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