Overview
- Germany’s Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut reports 48 outbreaks in commercial holdings since early September across ten federal states, with more than 525,000 birds culled.
- In North Rhine-Westphalia, about 18,000 birds were killed at a Kamp-Lintfort farm; a 10‑kilometer provisional restriction zone was ordered as FLI confirmation of the H5N1 subtype is pending.
- In Saxony-Anhalt’s Mansfeld-Südharz, H5N1 was confirmed at a 40,000‑hen operation, triggering three‑ and ten‑kilometer zones and a halt to marketing poultry products from the area.
- Authorities broaden stall obligations and event bans, including a county‑wide order in Kleve, measures across eight jurisdictions in Saxony‑Anhalt, and new orders in multiple Hessian districts and in Bottrop.
- Agriculture minister Peter Hauk anticipates southward spread, supports targeted rather than nationwide stall rules, and says supply remains stable with low consumer risk when products are properly cooked.