Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England - GOV.UK
WEBNov 4, 2022 · Bird flu legislation. Latest situation. Take action to prevent bird flu and stop it spreading. Be vigilant for signs of disease and report it to keep your birds safe. The UK does not...
Bird flu (avian influenza): how to spot and report it in ... - GOV.UK
WEBAug 26, 2014 · Signs of bird flu. Birds infected with the most serious strain of bird flu, called highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), usually show some (or all) of the following signs. sudden...
Bird flu - NHS
WEBBird flu, or avian flu, is an infectious type of influenza that spreads among birds. In rare cases, it can affect humans. There are lots of different strains of bird flu virus. Most of them don't infect humans.
Bird flu (avian influenza): how to prevent it and stop it spreading
WEBNov 4, 2022 · Bird flu mainly affects birds. It can affect humans and other mammals. The UK Health Security Agency advise that the risk from this bird flu strain is very low. The Food Standards Agency...
Bird flu: UK health officials make contingency plans - BBC News
WEBFeb 25, 2023 · UK health experts are sharing details of their Covid-style plans against bird flu, including modelling for the unlikely scenario that it could mutate and cause a pandemic in people.
Frequently Asked Questions about the current bird flu outbreak
WEBNov 10, 2022 · With the UK battling its largest ever outbreak of bird flu, we have developed a Frequently Asked Questions section for journalists and media outlets interested in the current situation. What is...
An update on avian flu – UK Health Security Agency
WEBNov 17, 2022 · The latest evidence suggests that the avian influenza viruses we are seeing circulating in birds in the UK do not spread easily to people. However, viruses constantly evolve, and we remain...
Human case of bird flu detected in the UK - BBC News
WEBJan 6, 2022 · A person living in the south-west of England has caught bird flu, UK officials have confirmed. Cases like this are extremely rare and the individual probably became infected from very close...
Avian Flu / Bird Flu Updates - The RSPB Wildlife Charity
WEBSo far, 78 UK bird species have tested positive for avian flu, including most of our breeding seabirds. In summer 2022, the UK’s seabirds were hit extremely hard by bird flu. Thousands of Gannets were lost at RSPB Troup Head and at RSPB Grassholm , with numbers at Grassholm now at lows not seen since the 1960s.
Record avian flu outbreak sees 48m birds culled in UK and EU
WEBOct 3, 2022 · Around 48m birds have been culled across the UK and the EU in the last year as a result of the largest outbreak of avian flu on record. In the UK, 161 cases of highly pathogenic avian...