Overview
- Germany’s animal-health institute FLI reports 41 outbreaks in commercial holdings since early September across nine states, with well over 500,000 birds culled.
- Saarland implemented a statewide indoor-housing order and event ban on Thursday, and Hamburg’s order takes effect Friday.
- Local stall requirements and bans expanded across districts in Brandenburg, Hesse (Wetterau, Landkreis Kassel), Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg, Mansfeld-Südharz) and the Trier region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- In Mansfeld-Südharz, about 40,000 laying hens are being culled on suspicion of infection pending FLI confirmation, with restriction zones readied.
- Authorities reiterate a very low risk to the general population and, in some jurisdictions, warn of fines up to €30,000 for violations of housing rules.