Overview
- FLI confirmed H5N1 in wild-bird carcasses from Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony‑Anhalt and Thuringia, including more than 100 dead cranes at Stausee Kelbra.
- Local orders now require indoor housing for poultry in Mansfeld‑Südharz and the Kyffhäuser district, with access restrictions around affected sites and bans on poultry events.
- Outbreaks in commercial flocks have surged since September across seven states, prompting large culls such as over 20,000 turkeys in Lower Saxony and impacts on parent chicken flocks in Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern.
- The national risk level was raised to high for both poultry holdings and wild birds, with authorities warning that ongoing autumn migration could drive further spread.
- A wild goose in Trebbin‑Glau tested positive, ECDC assesses low risk for the general public and low‑to‑moderate risk for exposed workers, and the FLI is conducting genetic analyses and urging strict biosecurity.