Overview
- The nationwide indoor housing order takes effect on Oct 22 as seasonal cases increase across Europe.
- Since Oct 10, France has confirmed four outbreaks on commercial farms and three in backyard flocks along the Atlantic migration corridor.
- Officials also reported a first case at a pheasant and partridge breeding farm in northern France.
- France has launched its third annual vaccination campaign for farm ducks, a policy the government says has helped curb spread.
- Detections are rising in migratory birds in Spain, Germany and France, and the Netherlands recently culled 71,000 birds after a farm outbreak and ordered birds indoors.