Europe has recorded the lowest number of cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry and wild birds since 2019/2020 and the risk to the general public remains low, according to the latest report on avian influenza, published on Thursday 4 July by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the EU Reference Laboratory.
Between 16 March and 14 June 2024, 42 detections of the virus (HPAI) were reported in...