bird flu

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Animal & Plant Health Agency

	Dear Stakeholder In response to the increase in cases across England and new findings in wild birds, an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) with mandatory biosecurity measures is being put in place and will come into force across all of England and Scotland from noon on Saturday 25 January 2025. In addition, the regional Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) with mandatory housing and biosecurity measures is being extended to include the unitary authorities of North Yorkshire and York and a new area covering Shropshire from 00:01 on Monday 27 January. The new AIPZ with mandatory housing and biosecurity measures will then cover: North Yorkshire (added) York (added) Shropshire (added) The East Riding of Yorkshire The City of Kingston upon Hull Lincolnshire Norfolk Suffolk. All bird keepers in these areas must keep their birds housed to protect them from bird flu. This applies to pet birds, commercial flocks and just a few birds in a backyard flock. All bird keepers should remain vigilant and follow these housing and stringent biosecurity measures, in addition to following any Protection/Surveillance Zone restrictions in their area, to prevent future outbreaks. Check the avian influenza interactive map to see where restrictions are in place. See more on GOV.UK and GOV.SCOT. APHA Level H1 County Hall Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2NP Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender. Whilst this email and associated attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within APHA systems we can accept no responsibility once it has left our systems. Communications on APHA computer systems may be monitored and/or recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes.

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A farm worker in England has tested positive for bird flu after catching the virus from an infected flock.

The person in the West Midlands case is understood to have symptoms, but is said to be well and being monitored at a specialist infectious disease hospital ward.

The farm worker is the seventh person to test positive for bird flu in the UK since 2021 and only the second symptomatic infection. All people caught the virus from being in close contact with birds.