Brussels: Belgium ordered his poultry to locking from Monday after detecting cases of bird flu in wild duck, expanding the steps of quarantine Avian already in neighboring countries.
Authorities tried to prevent agricultural birds into contact with illegal migration to prevent the H5N1 virus spread.
The sick wild duck was found in Schilde, a city in the eastern outskirts of Antwerp, Belgium’s second largest urban agglomeration.
The neighboring country of France and the Netherlands has imposed a similar poultry locking for the past three weeks after the plague in their territory.
Belgian restrictions need poultry farmers and fans to keep their birds locked and make sure they don’t drink from water that can be accessed by wild birds.
The public was also urged to tell the authority of all dead birds found.
“We want to avoid this disease to infect our birds and prevent the dangers of this sector suffered in the past,” Agriculture Minister David Clarinval said.
The National Food Safety Agency said that “the virus is currently transmitted …
it is harmless to humans”.
It emphasizes that poultry and eggs can continue to be bought in Belgium.
The Center for Prevention and Control of European Diseases said that H5N1 “has been proven to be able to transmit humans,” but the infection of the bird is rare.