The situation is getting worse, the terrible bird flu infection has appeared in new Hungarian areas

Since the H5N1 subtype of the highly pathogenic bird flu reappeared in Hungary in September, by mid-November the virus was already present in almost the entire country. Since October 1, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) has registered more than 150 bird flu outbreaks, and in addition, compared to recent years, the current epidemic has a much larger area and the bird flu has also appeared in areas in our country where it did not before. 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 Attila Csorbai, the president and director of the BTT. Migratory birds spread new mutations of the virus, including those that can infect domestic poultry ...