10/01/2020 (Agence Europe) – Poland’s health authorities announced on 2 January that an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 has been detected in turkeys in the east of the country. Approximately 12,000 birds have died. Poland, which is Europe’s largest poultry producer, had not been affected by the virus since 2017. The regulatory procedures for eradicating the virus have been put in place (containment zone, screening, etc.) According to Andrzej Danielak, president of the Polish Association of Poultry Farmers and Producers, three farms might be affected, with up to 350,000 birds at risk within a three-kilometre radius. (LC)