PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (30): China (JS) wild bird, HPAI H5N8, OIE

Avian Influenza H5N8 — China
Information received on [and dated] 8 Feb 2021 from Dr. Huang Baoxu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group, Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China (People’s Republic of)
Summary
Report type: Immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 29 Jan 2021
Date of confirmation of the event: 4 Feb 2021
Reason for notification: New strain of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease: Clinical disease
Causal agent: Highly