First bird flu outbreak in UK since 2017 confirmed in Suffolk

Public Health England has said that the risk to public health is very low

Cases of bird flu have been confirmed at a chicken farm in Suffolk, the government has said.

All 27,000 birds at the commercial farm will be culled after a number were found to have the H5 type of avian flu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday.

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