Overview
- Ebersberg district imposed a five‑kilometre indoor‑keeping order around the Speichersee after H5 was confirmed in dead waterbirds, affecting 36 poultry owners and accompanied by a public request to avoid the area while carcass recovery continues.
- Authorities culled 46 chickens, 30 ducks, two geese and two rheas at a Germering animal sanctuary after positive tests, with officials stating no protection zones were required for that site.
- Following an H5N1 outbreak in Geiselhöring (Straubing‑Bogen), a ten‑kilometre surveillance zone was set, movement of poultry and products was halted, and 69 remaining chickens were culled after 24 had died.
- In Saxony’s Meißen district, laboratory confirmation of H5 led to the culling of about 8,000 turkeys and the establishment of three‑ and ten‑kilometre control zones, alongside a countywide stall order with limited exemptions for very small flocks.
- The Friedrich‑Loeffler‑Institut reports widespread circulation across all federal states driven largely by waterbirds, with no human infections reported in Germany and guidance emphasizing PPE for handlers and strict hygiene at backyard feeding sites.