New outbreak of bird flu reported in Czechia

A new outbreak of bird flu was detected at a small breeding farm in the village of Rovečné in east of the country on Friday. It is already the seventh outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain in the country since the start of the month.

Emergency veterinary measures have been taken in all the affected regions and tens of thousands of birds have been culled. On Wednesday, the State Veterinary Administration has imposed a ban on outdoor poultry farming.

The decree orders poultry farmers to move their poultry indoors. If this is not possible, they must confine the animals outside and minimize their contact with wild birds.