Posted: Tue 2nd Nov 2021

Welsh Government declares Avian Influenza Restricted Zone near Chirk

Wrexham.com for people living in or visiting the Wrexham area
This article is old - Published: Tuesday, Nov 2nd, 2021

Yesterday the Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales, Christianne Glossop confirmed the presence of avian influenza H5N1 in poultry and wild birds at a premises in the Wrexham County Borough area.

A Temporary Disease Control zone of 3km and 10km were imposed around the small infected poultry premises, to limit the risk of disease spread.

Tonight a new Restricted Zone was put into place, as indicated on the above map.

Such a zone requires records of visitors, poultry and poultry movements to be kept. Various bio security measures including restrictions on the movement of poultry, other captive birds and mammals onto and off premises are required.

Yesterday Welsh Government said the risk to public health from the virus is considered to be very low and these cases do not pose a food safety risk for UK consumers.

Members of the public are encouraged to not pick up or touch any sick or dead birds and instead contact the Defra helpline on 03459 33 55 77.

Earlier this afternoon in the Senedd Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd, and Wrexham MS Lesley Griffiths said, “In relation to the Avian Influenza outbreak in Clwyd South constituency, you may have heard the chief veterinary officer this morning on the radio outlining the steps we are taking.

“This is something, sadly, that we face every winter; I think it’s just come a little bit earlier than we anticipated this time. There are temporary disease control and prevention zones being worked on at the moment. What we do as a Government is we ensure that we contact everyone that keeps birds and poultry in Wales.”

“We have a register, and I would encourage anybody, even if they only keep one bird, two birds, three birds, to make sure they are registered, because it’s very easy for us to send information out on the press of an e-mail. So, it’s really important that we all make sure that our constituents are registered on that poultry-keeping register.”

Yesterday the Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales, Christianne Glossop, said: “Avian Influenza has been found in poultry and wild birds in the Wrexham area. This is further evidence of the need for all keepers of poultry and captive birds to ensure they have the very highest levels of biosecurity in place.

“Public Health Wales has said the risk to the health of the public from Avian Influenza is very low and the Food Standards Agency has made clear it does not pose a food safety risk for UK consumers.

“Temporary control zones have been imposed to help prevent further spread of the disease.

“Suspicion of avian influenza or any other notifiable disease must be reported to the Animal and Plant Health Agency immediately.”

Further information on how to report and dispose dead wild birds can be found at https://gov.wales/report-and-dispose-dead-birds



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