Overview
- The preventive closure follows the discovery of five dead ducks in the park’s pond, meeting the threshold of at least three aquatic birds dead within 24 hours.
- It is the fourth park closed in the city after Tamarguillo, Miraflores and the Real Alcázar gardens, where earlier tests indicated avian influenza.
- Carcasses were removed under biosecurity measures, affected areas will be cleaned and disinfected, and samples are being shipped to the national reference lab in Algete.
- Regional officials report a very low risk to people; PCR tests for workers who handled the birds are negative and exposed individuals remain under health monitoring.
- H5N1 has been confirmed in nearby poultry farms in Huelva, prompting culling, farm isolation and 10‑kilometer movement controls once high pathogenicity is confirmed by authorities.