Europe 1 with AFP 09:05, November 05, 2021

France is at "high" risk of bird flu according to a decree published in the Official Journal on Friday.

All poultry must therefore be confined in order to limit the risk of contamination.

The Netherlands has also been affected since last week by this measure.

French breeders will have to confine their poultry, the risk relating to avian influenza rising to "high" in mainland France due to the multiplication of cases in neighboring countries, according to a decree published this Friday in the Official Journal.

This increase in the level of risk implies that all poultry farms lock up their animals to avoid contact with migratory birds, potentially carriers of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI), commonly known as avian influenza.

This is also the case in the Netherlands since last week.

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