Ducks on a farm in Nafferton, East Yorkshire, where measures to prevent the spread of bird flu are under way after the first serious case in the UK for six years.
OFFICIALS have moved to reassure people that the risk to public health from the first serious outbreak of bird flu for six years is “very low”.
The virus, confirmed at a duck breeding farm at Nafferton near Driffield, is the H5 version of the virus and not the H5N1 strain which has caused deaths in humans.
A 10km restriction zone is in place and all poultry on the farm is being culled in a bid to prevent the spread of the disease.
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