For the first time, there was no visible separation between the two epidemic waves because the virus was not controlled during the summer.
In 2022, Europe held its “most devastating” outbreak of bird flu. This was announced by European health authorities on Tuesday, December 20.
Between October 2021 and September 2022, around 2,500 outbreaks of avian influenza were detected on farms in 37 European countries, according to the European Food Safety Authority, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the EU.
EFSA reported that during this period approximately 50 million birds were killed on affected farms.
The deaths do not include the preventive culling of chickens, ducks and turkeys, which was carried out at the same time as the outbreak, the AFP health agency said.
EFSA said for the first time that there is no visible separation between the two epidemic waves because the virus was not controlled in the summer.
This fall, the epidemic is more dangerous than the same time last year, the number of infected farms increased by 35 percent.
Between September 2 and December 10, 2022, approximately 400 outbreaks were reported on farms in 18 European countries. The virus has also been detected more than 600 times in wild birds, especially ducks and swans, which the report says may have contributed to the spread of the virus between farms.
Health authorities are investigating the use of vaccines to prevent the spread of the virus.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said the risk of infection in humans is low and for people in contact with birds and poultry is “low to moderate”.
It will be remembered that in October it was reported that due to bird flu in the Netherlands 300,000 chickens were destroyed.
Before that, a record outbreak of bird flu was recorded in Britain and the EU.
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