Avian influenza

China’s agriculture ministry said on 12 April that highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu has been identified in wild birds in the north-eastern province of Liaoning.

The Nigerian government has killed more than 329,556 chickens at 62 different farm sites due to outbreaks of bird flu.

Hong Kong has suspended imports of poultry meat and poultry products from additional areas of the United Kingdom and Germany on bird flu fears.

Hong Kong has banned the import of poultry meat and products from Jangheung-gun of Jeollanam-do Province in South Korea.

Ireland's Department of Agriculture plans to lift the housing requirement for poultry and other captive birds on 9 April as bird flu numbers decline.

Mandatory housing measures to stem the spread of bird flu are being lifted at midnight on 13 April, but poultry keepers across Northern Ireland are told to remain vigilant.

Estonia implemented movement restrictions and biosecurity measures to curb bird flu outbreaks, including housing measures that keep hens indoors that may make free-range certification difficult.

South Korea has confirmed three additional cases of bird flu in wild birds, but cases in domestic poultry populations appear to have fallen.

Poultry keepers across the UK are being urged to maintain the highest possible standards of biosecurity as housing measures to help curb bird flu infections are lifted.

The FAO has told African nations to be on high alert for bird flu after multiple outbreaks of the virus were reported in wild birds across Europe.

The UK recorded two new outbreaks of avian influenza at a broiler farm and turkey breeding facility, renewing calls for poultry keepers to remain vigilant and keep their birds housed.

Three major pandemics of avian influenza, African swine fever and coronavirus all affected the global poultry industry in 2020 especially in terms of imports and exports.

As Latvia continues to report outbreaks of bird flu, poultry owners are being reminded to keep birds indoors and adhere to strict biosecurity protocols.

Hong Kong health officials are monitoring a human case of H5N6 bird flu in Guangxi in Southern China.

South Korea’s poultry farms have recorded 107 bird flu cases as another outbreak of H5N8 avian influenza was recorded in South Jeolla province.

The UK government plans to lift existing poultry housing measures, but will keep the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone and mandatory biosecurity measures.

France is to allow poultry farms in southwestern areas hit by a severe strain of avian influenza to resume production after a sharp fall in new cases of the disease, the agriculture ministry said.

Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu at a poultry farm and South Korea reported an outbreak at an egg farm 147 kilometers south of Seoul.

Ukraine, a major supplier of poultry products, says it has agreed with the European Union to separate Ukrainian bird flu-free and affected areas, which would allow Kyiv to resume poultry exports to the trading bloc.

Latest poultry mortality figures in Maharashtra, India show that 5,819 birds have died as of 13 March, as the local government promises to compensate poultry farmers for their losses.