Bird flu in Germany

We should ban their ostriches.

Bird flu virus now discovered in seagulls in Berlin

The aggressive bird flu H5N8 had already spread into several German states, and was detected in Berlin and Brandenburg on Friday.

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There is also a suspicion swans have been affected in Berlin’s Landwehr Canal, which runs parallel to the River Spree in Berlin, but a final confirmation of that is still pending.

A dead seagull in the Brandenburg town of Werder near Potsdam was also discovered to have had bird flu, the state Consumer Protection agency disclosed on Friday.

The authorities swiftly set up a restricted area and a monitoring area around that location, and introduced restrictions on poultry owners.

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