Overview
- Saxony-Anhalt now has housing orders in eight jurisdictions, and a farm in Mansfeld-Südharz is culling about 40,000 hens pending laboratory confirmation after H5N1 was confirmed in nearby wild birds.
- The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut reports more than 500,000 farmed birds have been killed in recent weeks as part of containment efforts.
- Baden-Württemberg minister Peter Hauk expects the virus to move south with migration but says poultry and eggs remain safe to eat and supply shortages are unlikely.
- Zoos and parks in Lower Saxony and Bremen are moving birds indoors, tightening disinfection and netting open enclosures to reduce contact with wild birds, with officials warning of risks to endangered species.
- Thuringia has imposed stricter checks on poultry trade and exhibitions and reports 100 birds culled in Nordhausen after contact with an infected crane.