Overview

• In the Dingolfing-Landau district, avian influenza H5N1 was detected in a flock of about 3,000 birds, with five geese identified as infected.
• The Friedrich-Löffler-Institut confirmed the virus as highly pathogenic avian influenza.
• The local veterinary authority has locked down the holding and initiated culling of the affected flock.
• Authorities are preparing a 3 km protection zone and a 10 km surveillance zone to be formalized by local orders.
• Bavaria will continue wild-bird monitoring, and officials report no known human infections in Germany while advising the public not to handle dead birds and to report finds.