UK records largest bird flu outbreak in history

The United Kingdom It is experiencing the highest number of cases of avian influenza in birds in its history, according to the country’s veterinary authorities reported on Thursday.

Forty farms are affected by this virus in the United Kingdom -33 of them in England-, so new measures are being applied to prevent infections from increasing, the director of Veterinary Medicine of the British Government, Christine Middlemiss, told the BBC on Thursday.

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Approximately 500,000 birds have been euthanized and all those that are in captivity must be kept in closed spaces to avoid being infected by those that migrate from Western Europe to the United Kingdom.

The government told bird keepers that they must disinfect their uniforms, work materials and vehicles, and also restrict access to non-essential workers and visitors.

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“We cannot wait another year, and have even a higher number of infections, so we are going to work not only with our scientists, but also internationally, to understand what we can do to discover what is behind these infections,” he said. Middlemiss.

The risk of contagion in humans by this disease is low, as it is through food, as confirmed by the UK Public Health Council.

Fifteen swans died last month in a park in the British city of Blackpool due to an outbreak of this virus, according to Conservative MP Scott Benton. To avoid contagion in humans, the lake was cordoned off and the authorities asked that people stay away from the area.

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