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  • Temporary suspension on poultry gatherings

    United Kingdom // 20 December, 2016

    The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant (DEFRA) has issued a temporary suspension...

    Bird flu other strains, Influenza H5N8

  • Bird flu H5N1 outbreak in birds in Brandenburg

    Germany // 04 December, 2016

    Highly pathogenic bird flu H5N1 has been found on a poultry farm in Oberhavel, Brandenburg...

    Bird flu H5N1

  • Veterinarian in New York recovered from bird flu H7N2

    United States // 23 December, 2016

    A veterinarian who worked with sick cats at a shelter in New York city has recovered from bird flu H7N2.....

    Bird flu other strains, Influenza H7N2

  • Avian influenza H5N8 infects poultry in Kano

    Nigeria // 08 February, 2017

    The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has been notified of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 in Kano state...

    Influenza H5N8, Bird flu other strains

  • Prevention zone against H5N8 declared

    United Kingdom // 23 December, 2016

    The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has announced a Prevention Zone...

    Bird flu other strains

  • First detection of H5N8

    Serbia // 06 December, 2016

    The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has been notified...

    Influenza H5N8, Bird flu other strains

  • Bird flu confirmed in domestic animals

    South Korea // 03 January, 2017

    H5N6 detected in domestic animals..

    Bird flu other strains, Influenza H5N6

  • WHO updated risk assessment animal-human influenzas

    China // Hong Kong (China SAR) // Macao (China SAR) // United States // Canada // 23 December, 2016

    From 22 November to 19 December, eleven people have been reported infected with animal flus - two bird flu strains (H5N6 and H7N9) and two swine flu strains (H1N2v and H3N2v).

    Swine flu variants, Bird flu H7N9, Influenza H5N6, Bird flu other strains

  • H5N8 detected in a swan

    Greece // 27 December, 2016

    The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has been notified

    Influenza H5N8, Bird flu other strains

  • Bird flu outbreaks in birds winter 2016/17

    Iran // 09 January, 2017

    Iran has had outbreaks of avian flu this winter, however so far there have only been strains which have NOT caused human infection. In previous years, Iran's poultry has been affected by a strain which is known to cause severe human illness (H5N1) however no human cases of bird flu have ever been reported in Iran....

    Influenza H5N8, Bird flu other strains

  • Restrictions to include whole country

    France // 06 December, 2016

    France has widened restrictions...

    Influenza H5N8, Bird flu other strains

  • Seasonal flu activity

    Taiwan (China) // 27 December, 2016

    Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control anticipates that flu activity will rise with the New Year holidays. At least ten severe cases of flu were recorded in the last week, including a fatality.....

    Seasonal Flu

  • Early start to northern hemisphere flu season

    Sweden // Ghana // Norway // United States // 27 December, 2016

    The World Health Organisation Influenza Update advises that flu activity has increased in the northern hemisphere, with a few countries seeing an early start to the flu season...

    Seasonal Flu

  • Multiple strains of bird flu affect birds winter 2016/17

    France // 10 February, 2017

    France has had multiple outbreaks of avian flu this winter, however so far there have only been strains which have NOT caused human infection. No human cases of bird flu have ever been reported in France...

    Influenza H5N8, Bird flu other strains

  • ECDC rapid risk assessment seasonal flu 2016/2017

    27 December, 2016

    In the latest rapid risk assessment of seasonal influenza for 2016/2017, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) state that A (H3N2) is the predominant virus circulating so far this season.

    Seasonal Flu

  • Outbreaks of H5N6 bird flu in birds winter 2016/17

    China // 12 January, 2017

    Chinese authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N6 on a poultry farm in Yili City, Xinjiang.

    Influenza H5N6, Bird flu other strains

  • H5N5 reaches Podgorica

    Montenegro // 23 December, 2016

    H5N5 is slowly spreading in Europe...

    Bird flu other strains

  • H5 detected in Jambol, Plovdiv, Sofija, Vidin, Vraca

    Bulgaria // 23 December, 2016

    H5 has now reached Bulgaria...

    Bird flu other strains

  • Bird flu in birds winter 2016/17

    Sweden // 28 January, 2017

    Since November, Sweden has detected bird flu highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) H5N8 in birds, and raised their alert level for poultry to "level 2". H5N8 has never caused human infection, and Sweden has never had any human cases of bird flu...

    Bird flu other strains, Influenza H5N8

  • European Flu Season Winter 2016 2017

    Armenia // Austria // Finland // Georgia // Ireland // Moldova // Netherlands // Portugal // Russia // Slovakia // Sweden // Switzerland // United Kingdom // Ukraine // Uzbekistan // 23 December, 2016

    The flu season in Europe is predicted to peak during the holiday period in many European countries...

    Seasonal Flu, Influenza H3N2