Bird Flu

UK tackles ‘largest-ever’ bird flu outbreak

UK has culled around half a million birds this year as the country battles its… Read More

Poultry in lockdown after Belgium detects bird flu

Belgium ordered its poultry into lockdown from Monday after detecting a case of bird flu… Read More

China reports first human case of H10N3 bird flu

The man, a resident of the city of Zhenjiang, was hospitalised on April 28 after… Read More

Is there a risk of human spread of H5N8 bird flu? WHO clarifies

Russia registered the first case of a strain of bird flu virus named influenza A(H5N8)… Read More

Russia reports world’s first case of human infection with H5N8 bird flu

Russia has registered the first case of a strain of bird flu virus named A(H5N8)… Read More

Germany may cull up to 70,000 chickens over bird flu

Type H5N8 bird flu was confirmed in a farm near Rostock in the eastern state… Read More

Tens of thousands birds culled to contain H5N6 outbreak

The authorities have culled the birds, mostly chicken and ducks, at farms in Nghe An,… Read More

Second case of H5N8 bird flu found in Hungary in a week

A second outbreak of bird flu has been found at a large duck farm in… Read More

Bird flu outbreak spreads, with four more cases

An outbreak of the H5N8 strain was also confirmed on a chicken farm in Przygodzice,… Read More

UK reports bird flu for first time since 2017

Britain’s government said bird flu had been confirmed at a chicken farm in eastern England… Read More

Mild bird flu virus detected on duck farm

France has detected a low-pathogenic H5 bird flu virus on a duck farm in the… Read More

Scientists develop gene-edited chickens

British scientists are developing gene-edited chickens designed to be totally resistant to flu in a… Read More

France to cull 600,000 more ducks as fights bird flu virus

BORDEAUX, FRANCE: France will cull a further 600,000 ducks as part of efforts to prevent a… Read More

France launches mass duck cull to stem bird flu spread

PARIS: Authorities in southwest France began a cull of hundreds of thousands of ducks Thursday… Read More

Germany to cull more turkeys after bird flu outbreak spreads

BERLIN: About 22,000 turkeys are to be culled after suspect cases of bird flu were… Read More

Dutch destroy 190,000 ducks in first bird flu cull

AMSTERDAM: Some 190,000 ducks were destroyed on Saturday at six farms in the Netherlands following… Read More

French poultry exports hit by bird flu: ministry

PARIS: A string of countries in Asia and north Africa have banned imports of French… Read More

Two die of bird flu in China

BEIJING: Two people have died of the H7N9 strain of avian flu in China's eastern… Read More

Hong Kong raises bird flu alert level as woman critical

HONG KONG: Hong Kong hospitals raised alert levels Sunday as a woman diagnosed with the… Read More

Germany introduces bird flu test for ducks, geese

BERLIN: Germany said it would start testing ducks and geese for bird flu prior to… Read More