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Latest situation

Check the interactive map to see if you are in an area covered by mandatory housing measures and the AIPZ declaration for further details of the measures which apply.

24 April 2025

Following successful completion of disease control activity and surveillance in the zone around a premises near Blaydon, Blaydon and Consett, County Durham (AIV 2025/31) and a second premises near Blaydon, Blaydon and Consett, County Durham (AIV 2025/34 formerly AIV SOS 2025/02) the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed it becomes part of the 10km surveillance zone.

Check theinteractive mapfor other restrictions including the requirement to house all birds in County Durham and surrounding counties.

19 April 2025

Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance, the 10km surveillance zones around the following premises have been revoked:

• premises near Thirsk, Thirsk and Malton, North Yorkshire (AIV 2025/27)
• second premises near Thirsk, Thirsk and Malton, North Yorkshire (AIV 2025/28)
• third premises near Thirsk, Thirsk and Malton, North Yorkshire (AIV 2025/29)

Check theinteractive mapfor other restrictions including the requirement to house all birds in North Yorkshire and surrounding counties.

Extension of the AIPZ with housing measures

From 00:01 on Monday 7 April 2025 the regional AIPZ mandating enhanced biosecurity and housing for kept birds currently in force across Cheshire, City of Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Merseyside, Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Shropshire, Suffolk, Worcestershire and York will be extended to cover the following counties:

• Cumbria
• County Durham
• Northumberland
• Tyne and Wear

The England wide AIPZ mandating enhanced biosecurity remains in force.

Check if youre in abird flu disease zone on the map.

If youre in a bird flu disease control zone you mustfollow the rules for that zoneand check if you need alicence to move poultry, poultry by-products, eggs, material or mammals.

Practising good biosecurity at all times protects the health and welfare of your birds and for commercial keepers will help protect your business fromHPAIand other diseases.

Find outwhat you can do to prevent bird flu and stop it spreadingandhow to spot and report it in poultry or other captive birds.

To find out which measures apply to you and your kept birds, check theinteractive mapand read theAIPZdeclaration schedule relevant to your area.

These measures will be in place until further notice. They will be kept under regular review as part of the governments work to monitor and manage the risks of avian influenza.

All bird flu cases and disease control zones

The first case of HPAI H5N1 of the current outbreak was confirmed in:

• England on 17 November 2024
• Scotland on 10 January 2025
• Northern Ireland on 12 February 2025

Whilst there have been no cases of HPAI confirmed in Wales during this outbreak, in line with World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) rules, the UK is no longer free from highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Finddetails of all bird flu cases and disease zones in England.

The table below lists the number of confirmed cases ofHPAI during the currentoutbreak.

Overall total: 63

The last outbreak of HPAI in poultry and other captive birds in the UK prior to the outbreak on 5 November 2024 occurred on 14 February 2024.

Finddetails of previous bird flu cases and disease zones in England.

Find details of previous bird flucases in Scotland,cases in Walesandcases in Northern Ireland.

Find details and assessments of past outbreaks in

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