Poultry on a commercial farm in England have been infected with the bird flu virus, the U.K. government announced on Sunday. The H5N1 virus was detected in kept birds in St. Ives, a coastal town in Cornwall. In response, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has decided to cull all poultry in the affected area in a humane manner.
This marks the first confirmation of H5N1 in kept birds in England this season. The virus has also been identified in wild birds in the southwest of England and in various parts of continental Europe, as reported by the department.
