PRO/AH> Influenza A, poultry: Belgium (WV), A(H3), low pathogenicity

Influenza — Belgium
A total of 35 farms in Belgium have been affected by a [strain] of avian influenza that is harmless to humans, the country’s agriculture department says. Since the beginning of April [2019], several poultry farms, mainly located in West Flanders, have been affected by a bird flu virus.
The Federal Minister for Agriculture Denis Ducarme emphasises that the virus in question is ‘completely harmless to human health’. Moreover, the virus in question – bird flu virus of the H3 type – is not on