Overview
- The European Food Safety Authority reported 1,443 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in wild birds across 26 EU countries between September 6 and November 14, largely H5N1 and about four times the same period in 2024.
- Spain continues a nationwide ban on outdoor rearing of domestic poultry, with strict biosecurity requirements to prevent contact between farmed birds and wildlife.
- Asturias confirmed a positive in a dead goose at Gijón’s Parque Isabel la Católica and notified the RASVE registry, triggering worker protections, enhanced bird monitoring, biosecurity steps, and health surveillance for potentially exposed people.
- Galicia identified four wild-bird outbreaks involving six animals in Sanxenxo, Cee, A Pobra do Caramiñal, and Ortigueira, and authorities reported no incidents in commercial holdings linked to these detections.
- Minister Luis Planas said the national situation remains stable and noted an infected fox was an isolated episode without evidence of virus mutation.