Article 4WCJ1 First bird flu outbreak in UK since 2017 confirmed in Suffolk

First bird flu outbreak in UK since 2017 confirmed in Suffolk

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Public Health England has said that the risk to public health is very low

Cases of bird flu have been confirmed at a chicken farm in Suffolk, the government has said.

All 27,000 birds at the commercial farm will be culled after a number were found to have the H5 type of avian flu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday.

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