While cases have actually been taped, you may be curious regarding how it is impacting your area.
Bird influenza is a contagious kind of influenza that spreads out amongst birds. In uncommon cases, it can impact people.
There are great deals of various stress of bird flu infection however the majority of them don’t contaminate people.
Since a break out began in October 2021, more than 7 million captive birds have actually passed away of bird flu or been chosen for illness control.
There have actually been 282 cases of H5N1, bird influenza, in England because the break out began, according to figures launched in January by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Where are the bird influenza cases being reported in the UK?
Newsquest has actually taken a look at information from the Office of National Statistics and DEFRA and developed a map which reveals the locations of the UK where bird influenza has actually been taped.
From this, we have actually determined the bird flu hotspots, locations with the most cases in the UK. Data on white locations on the map is insufficient.
Bird influenza hotspots in the UK
There have actually been 58 cases verified in Wales, with Carmarthenshire being the Welsh county with one of the most cases (12).
The county with the most bird influenza cases in the UK is Aberdeenshire with 85 taped cases.
In the Scottish Highlands, 46 cases have actually been taped while Cornwall and Northumberland are the locations with the 3rd greatest variety of cases with 39 taped.
Use the interactive map to learn the number of bird influenza cases have actually been taped in your location.
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