Avian Influenza H5N8 — United Kingdom
Poultry at a Staffordshire chicken farm are set to be culled after bird flu was confirmed at the site.
A 10-km control zone has been set up around the farm north of Uttoxeter after the case was confirmed on Saturday [27 Mar 2021].
Specific rules around the housing and movement of birds and eggs apply in this area, and records must be kept of anyone entering sites where poultry is kept.
Extra rules apply to areas within 3 km of the affected farm.
A government spokesman said all the
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