The killer disease is spreading at a crazy pace here: it is becoming infected in more and more areas of Hungary

As of October 1, more than 150 bird flu outbreaks were registered by the National Food Chain Safety Office. Compared to previous years, the current epidemic has a much larger territorial extent, the virus is extremely aggressive, and has also appeared in areas where it was not previously - Attila Csorbai, president and director of the Poultry Product Council (BTT), told Világgazdaság. Previously, the epidemic was mainly limited to a well-defined area of Bács-Kiskun county with a high poultry density, but now it also affects counties where it was not present, or not to such an extent. In the period from mid-October to mid-December, cases of bird flu increase, which indicates that the "wild bird-related" nature of the spread of the virus is quite significant - said the president and director of BTT. Migratory birds spread new mutations of the virus, including those that can infect domestic poultry but not wild birds. Attila Csorbai also pointed out that a vaccination program against ...