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France Raises Bird Flu Alert to High and Orders Poultry Indoors Nationwide

Health authorities say the current risk to people is very low.

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.