You deal with bird flu

Tens of thousands of turkeys have been destroyed on a Suffolk farm to prevent the outbreak of H5N1 in the UK. Authorities also set up biosafety barriers around Bernard Matthews' farm near Lowestoft - where the H5N1 virus was discovered. Farmers are advised not to release poultry.

However, experts say the ability to spread H5N1 to humans is " very low ". An area that is three kilometers from the radius and a 10km radius tracking area has been set up around the farm at Holton, 27km from Lowestoft. There is also a restricted area of ​​2,090 square kilometers in this area.

Meanwhile, the deputy director of the Fred Landeg Department of Veterinary Medicine rejected the allegation that authorities were reacting too slowly to flu information.

He said the turkey on the farm had a virus that had just begun to die massively last Thursday and the veterinary sector immediately isolated the farm for investigation.

The source of infection can be birds of the sky

 

Fred Landeg, Deputy Director of the British Veterinary Department

Earlier, Landeg said the source of the infection could be birds. Government veterinary experts spent the night at the farm to destroy 160,000 currants. A Veterinary Department spokesman said the poultry carcass was transported to the incinerator in Staffordshire by a sealed truck.

Farmers in the quarantine area are also warned not to let birds out and be able to contact birds.

The UN bird flu coordinator, David Nabarro, said the British needed to be familiar with the presence of the disease here and that H5N1 would still be present in poultry flocks in the coming years.

Since 2003, the virus has killed 164 people globally, mainly in Southeast Asia. All people who died from the virus had direct contact with infected poultry.

Some pictures against bird flu in the UK

The H5N1 deadly virus strain has just been discovered on a Bernard Matthews company turkey farm in Holton, Suffolk.

A three-kilometer isolation area was set up around the virus-infected farm in Holton.

Vehicles disinfected when leaving the farm where the H5N1 virus is located.

The authorities are still investigating but it is possible that the birds are the source of infection.

This season is not the time when wild birds migrated, but it was found that dead seagulls died at Holton.

Those who work on the farm in Holton must wear protective clothing.

2,600 turkeys were destroyed and their bodies were taken to the crematorium elsewhere.There are plans to destroy nearly 160,000 others.