Avian influenza (bird flu): News archive
News archive
17 June 2008
- News release: Avian influenza epidemiology report published.
- Epidemiology report: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H7N7, Oxfordshire, June 2008. Situation at 12.30pm Wednesday 11th June (PDF 1.2MB)
13 June 2008
- International Trade - Customer Information Notes:Trade restrictions due to avian influenza (AI) - Hatching eggs and UK Trade restrictions due to avian influenza (AI)
11 June 2008
- An indicative timeline to lifting Avian Influenza restrictions in Oxfordshire has been published to help poultry and egg producers and others whose business is affected by disease control restrictions.
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: UK Trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
10 June 2008
- Revised licence: EXD246 - General licence for the movement of carcases (including samples for diagnosis) off premises in a Protection Zone and within or out of the protection Zone.
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: Trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
9 June 2008
- Revised licence: EXD247 - General licence for the movement of mammals from or to premises in the Surveillance Zone or Protection Zone where poultry or other captive birds are kept.
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: UK Trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
6 June 2008
- Declaration: Declaration of Avian Influenza Protection Zone and Surveillance Zone (PDF 660KB) - This declaration has been amended to remove reference to Oxfordshire in relation to the zones.
- Movement licences - Licences have been published for the movement of table eggs, mammals, poultry meat, samples to laboratories and captive birds.
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: UK Trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
5 June 2008
- Information bulletin: AI outbreak in Oxfordshire: Update.
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: Trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
4 June 2008
- Information bulletin: AI outbreak in Oxfordshire: Protection and Surveillance Zones declared.
- Declaration: Declaration of Avian Influenza Protection Zone and Surveillance Zone (PDF 660KB)
- Information bulletin: Update on Avian Influenza in Oxfordshire: H7 strain confirmed as Highly Pathogenic.
- Ministerial Statement: Written Ministerial Statement by Hilary Benn on Avian influenza in Oxfordshire.
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: Trade restrictions due to avian influenza (AI).
3 June 2008
- News release: Avian Influenza H7 confirmed in Oxfordshire.
- Declaration: Declaration of an Avian Influenza Temporary Control Zone (PDF 512KB)
30 May 2008
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
21 May 2008
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
12 May 2008
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
25 April 2008
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
27 March 2008
- Information bulletin: Avian Influenza Update: wild bird monitoring area lifted.
- Declaration revoking the Declaration of a Wild Bird Control Area and a Wild Bird Monitoring Area (PDF) (9 KB)
5 March 2008
- Information bulletin: Avian influenza update: wild bird control area lifted.
- Declaration amending the Declaration of a Wild Bird Control Area and a Wild Bird Monitoring Area (PDF) (272 KB)
29 February 2008
- Amended Declaration of a Wild Bird Control Area and a Wild Bird Monitoring Area (PDF) (350 KB)
- Information Bulletin: H5N1 in Canada Goose - 11th case in wild bird.
- Information Bulletin: Avian Influenza update: control area in Dorset.
28 February 2008
- Customer Information Note: Outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Israel.
26 February 2008
- News release: National Livestock Markets Roadshow 2008.
19 February 2008
- Information bulletin: Avian Influenza update: control and monitoring area merge
- Ministerial Statement by Hilary Benn: Update on Bluetongue Disease, Avian Influenza and Foot and Mouth Disease.
30 January 2008
- Epidemiology Report - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in wild swans in Dorset, January 2008 (PDF) (1 MB) This report was revised on the 12 February 2008. A news release has also been issued.
- Information bulletin - Avian Influenza Update: Seventh Swan Positive for H5N1
20 January 2008
- Information bulletin: Avian influenza update: further swan positive for H5N1
18 January 2008
Licences: General licence allowing movement to slaughter from the Control or Monitoring Area and General licence allowing limited shooting and trapping of wild birds in the Control and Monitoring Area.
2007
17 January 2008
- Ministerial Statement: Written Ministerial Statement by Hilary Benn on the Avian influenza case in Dorset.
16 January 2008
- Information bulletin: Avian influenza update: further swan positive for H5N1.
15 January 2008
- Ministerial Statement: Written Ministerial Statement by Hilary Benn on the Avian influenza case in Dorset.
- Licences: Movement licences to move meat produced from birds originating within the Wild Bird Control Area out of the area.
10 January 2008
- News release: Avian Influenza H5N1 confirmed in wild birds in Dorset.
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: Avian Influenza in wild birds: export trade.
21 December 2007
- International disease monitoring - Preliminary outbreak assessment: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) September to December 2007 – an update.
20 December 2007
- International disease monitoring - Preliminary outbreak assessment: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) In Poland and Germany – an update.
19 December 2007
- News Release: Avian Influenza - remaining restrictions lifted.
- Declaration revoking the declaration of a Protection Zone, Surveillance Zone and Restricted Zone made at 14:30 on 19 November 2007
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10 December 2007
- Declaration amending the declaration of a protection zone, surveillance zone and restricted zone made at 14:30 on 19 November 2007 and ending a protection zone (302 KB).
- Defra publishes amended contingency plan for exotic animal diseases. A news release has been issued.
7 December 2007
6 December 2007
- News release: Update on Avian Influenza outbreak in Suffolk
3 December 2007
- International Trade - Customer Information Notes: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Romania.
29 November 2007
- News release: First Suffolk avian influenza epidemiology report published.
- Preliminary Epidemiology Report: Avian Influenza outbreak in Suffolk, November
2007 as at 26 November 2007 (574 KB)
- International Trade - Customer Information Notes: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza (AI).
28 November 2007
- International Trade - Customer Information Notes: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza (AI).
23 November 2007
- Information bulletin: Avian Influenza update: bird gatherings permitted outside restricted zone. Further information on bird fairs, markets, shows and other gatherings.
- Information about the changes to the avian influenza movement restrictions is available.
- International Trade - Customer Information Notes: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza (AI).
22 November 2007
- International Trade - Customer Information Notes: UK Trade Restrictions due to Avian Influenza (AI).
21 November 2007
- News release: Avian influenza update: precautionary culling on a fifth premises.
- International Trade - Customer Information Notes: UK Trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza (AI).
20 November 2007
- International Trade - Customer Information Notes: UK Trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza (AI).
19 November 2007
- News release: Avian influenza update: H5N1 confirmed at second premises.
- Declaration of a Protection Zone, Surveillance Zone and Restricted Zone (157 KB)
18 November 2007
- Information bulletin: Avian Influenza update: culling completed
16 November 2007
- Revised guidance on shooting
- Biosecurity guidance for single flock events
15 November 2007
- Information bulletin: H5N1 Avian Influenza update.
14 November 2007
- News release: H5N1 Avian Influenza update: precautionary culling on four further premises.
- New licences are available for the movement of poultry to slaughter, table eggs, bird by-products, samples and mammals.
- International Trade - Customer Information Notes: UK Trade Restrictions due to avian influenza and Northern Ireland trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
13 November 2007
- Movement guidance and advice to producers and processors has been published.
- Ministerial Statement: The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Statement on Avian Influenza.
- Declaration of a Protection Zone, Surveillance Zone and Restricted Zone (161 KB)
- Declaration of revocation of temporary control zones (13 KB)
- News release: H5N1 Avian Influenza Confirmed In Poultry.
- Declaration of Second Temporary Control Zone (revised) (257 KB) - this revokes and replaces the one made at 21:00 on 12 November 07.
12 November 2007
- News release: Avian Influenza Outbreak: additional restrictions.
- A second Temporary Control Zone has been declared in Norfolk and Suffolk, to impose measures on kept birds (includes updated map) (170 KB)
- News release: Avian Influenza H5 confirmed in Suffolk.
- Declaration of a Temporary Control Zone - Avian Influenza has been confirmed in turkeys on a premises on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, the type is still to be determined, but H5N1 is suspected. (263 KB)
- International Trade - Customer Information Note: Trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
9 November 2007 - International Trade - Customer Information Note: UK Trade Restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
11 October 2007
- News release: Avian Influenza lessons learned report published.
- Holton Lessons Learned Report: H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak, Holton, Suffolk, February 2007, Lessons to be Learned Report, 3 August 2007 (206 KB)
- The Role and Responsibilities of the MHS in Animal Disease Outbreaks: Report for Defra and the FSA (160 KB)
9 October 2007 - The United Kingdom declares that its status as a country free of notifiable avian influenza has been regained on 6 October 2007 (Link to the OIE website).
2 October 2007 - International disease monitoring - preliminary outbreak assessment: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Germany.
28 September 2007 - International disease monitoring - preliminary outbreak assessment: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H7N3 in Canada.
27 July 2007 - News release: Wild bird surveillance increased in the South East of England, East Anglia and Northamptonshire.
20 July 2007 - Map: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, Europe, Summer 2007 - Last updated 20 July 2007 (522 KB)
13 July 2007 - A note of the AI Stakeholder meeting 6th July 2007 has been published.
12 July 2007 - International disease monitoring - Qualitative risk assessment: Highly Pathogenic Avain Influenza (H5N1) - Recent developments in the EU and the likelihood of the introduction into Great Britain by wild birds.
10 July 2007 - International Trade - Customer Information Note: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Germany
6 July 2007 - News release: Pigeon racing ban introduced as precautionary measure and International Trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza.
26 June 2007 - International disease monitoring - Preliminary outbreak assessment: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Togo.
25 June 2007 - International disease monitoring - Preliminary outbreak assessment: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Germany.
22 June 2007 - International Trade - Customer Information Note: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Czech Republic.
21 June 2007 - International disease monitoring - Preliminary outbreak assessment: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in the Czech Republic.
18 May 2007 - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza (AI).
11 May 2007 - Qualitative Risk Assessment: Highly Pathogenic Avain Influenza (H5N1) - Recent developments and the likelihood of the introduction into the United Kingdom.
30 April 2007 - The Protect your birds from the risk of disease (1 MB) leaflet, has been revised.
11 May 2007 - Qualitative Risk Assessment: Highly Pathogenic Avain Influenza (H5N1) - Recent developments and the likelihood of the introduction into the United Kingdom.
19 April 2007 - A final report of the epidemiological findings (2.1 MB) by the National Emergency Epidemiology Group, Defra, on the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza in Suffolk, January 2007, has been published. A news release has been published.
21 March 2007 - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza (AI).
16 March 2007 - News release: Ban on international pigeon racing to be lifted.
13 March 2007 - International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza.
12 March 2007 - The control measures put in place to tackle the H5N1 outbreak in Suffolk change as of 00:01am on Monday the 12 March 2007. The Declaration made on 1 March 2007 is revoked and the measures applicable in the Surveillance Zone and Restricted Zone by virtue of that Declaration are ended.
Restrictions continue to apply to meat produced from poultry originating in the Protection Zone. Some conditions may continue to apply to day old chicks and ready-to-lay poultry that were moved from premises within the Protection Zone and Surveillance Zone to premises outside the Protection Zone/Surveillance Zone.
9 March 2007 - News release: Final H5N1 restrictions lifted.
8 March 2007 - International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza.
7 March 2007 - International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza.
6 March 2007 - International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza.
5 March 2007 - The UK and Hungarian Chief Veterinary
Officers joint letter on the
Avian Influenza investigations (1.13 MB) is sent to the European Commission.
1 March 2007 - At 2pm on 1 March 2007, the specific Protection Zone (PZ) restrictions were removed and became part of the wider Surveillance Zone (SZ). Further information...
- News release: Update on avian influenza outbreak in Suffolk.
- Revocation of the Declaration
of a Protection Zone, Surveillance Zone and Restricted Zone (Avian Influenza)
made at 11.30 a.m. on 16 February 2007 and Declaration of a Surveillance
Zone and Restricted Zone (929 KB)
- Map: Surveillance
and Restricted Zones (130 KB)
28 February 2007 - International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza
22 February 2007 - International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza
21 February 2007 - International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza
20 February 2007 - International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza
19 February 2007
- Oral statement by David Miliband on the avian influenza situation in Suffolk
- International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza
16 February 2007
- News release: Avian influenza reports published.
- Summary of initial epidemiological
and virological investigations to determine the source and means of
introduction of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus into a
turkey finishing unit in Suffolk, as at 14 February 2007 (25 KB).
- Joint Food Standards Agency,
the Meat Hygiene Service, Health Protection Agency and Defra report
into the possible transmission of H5N1 avian influenza virus from imported
Hungarian turkey meat to the UK (40 KB)
- News release: Update on avian influenza outbreak in Suffolk - Changes to Defra’s disease control measures were announced today.
- Declaration of a Protection
Zone, Surveillance Zone and Restricted Zone (Avian Influenza) and Revocation
of the Declaration of a Protection Zone, Surveillance Zone and Restricted
Zone (Avian Influenza) made at 14.48 p.m. on 7 February 2007 (134 KB)
- Veterinary Risk Assessment
for the Animal Health Risks of HPAI potentially infected Poultry Meat (20 KB)
- International trade - Customer Information Note: UK Trade Restrictions due to avian influenza.
14 February 2007 - International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza.
13 February 2007 - News release: Final
confirmation of Avian flu virus strain.
International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due
to avian influenza.
12 February 2007
- News release: Avian influenza outbreak - update.
9 February 2007
- News release: Bird flu protection zone: free range egg derogation signed.
- Derogation
relating to ‘free range’ eggs produced in the zones declared
as protection, surveillance and restricted zones by the declaration
made by the Secretary of State on 7th February 2007 (16 KB)
- International trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza.
- Preliminary Outbreak Assessment: Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5) in Hungary – Clarification on
data from TRACES (275 KB)
8 February 2007 - News release: Avian influenza outbreak update.
Following the Secretary of State's statement on 5 February 2007 in the House of Commons he has written to several MPs to clarify points made in his statement. Here are extracts from these letters.
International Trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza.
7 February 2007 - While epidemiological investigations are being carried out shooting, hunting or scaring activities using guns, bangers or gas canisters which create a noise and cause dispersal of wild bird populations are restricted in the protection zone and surveillance zone around the infected premises in Suffolk.
The restrictions on shooting, hunting or scaring activities which cause dispersal of wild bird populations in the PZ and SZ will be reviewed in light of further epidemiological investigations. Further information..
7 February 2007
7 February 2007 - International Trade - Customer Information Note: UK trade restrictions due to avian influenza.
5 February 2007 - Defra's Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer Fred Landeg has confirmed that at 20.36 on Monday 5 February the culling operation was completed. He said, "I am thankful for the efforts of all involved in the culling operation and the swiftness with which this large process was carried out."
5 February 2007 - Oral statement by David Miliband on the avian influenza situation in Suffolk.
5 February 2007 - International Trade - Customer Information Note: Trade restrictions due to Avian Influenza.
4 February 2007 - Licences for Movements in the Avian Influenza Protection, Surveillance and Restricted Zones. Some movements restricted under the current rules applying to the outbreak in Suffolk may now be allowed.
3 February 2007
2 February 2007 - News release: Avian influenza test result on poultry.
International trade - Customer Information Note: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Hungary.
24 January 2007 - Preliminary Outbreak Assessment: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5) in Hungary.
9 January 2007 - The Department of Health is offering flu vaccination this winter to those who work in close contact with poultry. This is being done as a precautionary public health measure and does not mean that workers are at any higher risk of getting flu this winter than usual. Nor does it mean that there is an increased risk of an outbreak of bird flu in the UK as this risk remains low. For further information please see the leaflet and Q&A sheet at the links below:
- Flu vaccination for poultry workers - Leaflets (link to Department of Health website).
- Flu
immunisation programme for people who work in close contact with poultry (65 KB)
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