Overview
- The NVWA confirmed highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza in multiple wild waterfowl in De Ronde Venen, with detections also reported in nearby municipalities including Uithoorn and Amstelveen.
- Local guidance advises keeping hobby birds indoors and avoiding contact with dead or sick birds, while reports should go to animal-rescue services to limit spread.
- A separate poultry outbreak in Bennekom triggered a 10‑kilometer transport ban for poultry, eggs and related products in parts of Rhenen and Utrechtse Heuvelrug, authorities said.
- Fire crews tackled blazes in extraction systems at recycling facilities in Amersfoort and Apeldoorn, with the Apeldoorn site evacuated and officials reporting no significant smoke impact.
- Police dismantled a drug lab found in a Lexmond outbuilding with no arrests yet, and road incidents included a three‑car crash on the A59 sending one driver to hospital, an A27 crash later cleared, and injury crashes in Amersfoort and Bergschenhoek.