The confirmed case does not affect the UK's official disease-free status because the disease has been identified in imported birds during quarantine.
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The UK's disease-free status for avian flu is not altered here. We've got an avian flu in quarantine. All of the birds that come in from outside of the European Union come into quarantine and we picked up the avian flu virus in the UK quarantine system.Debby Reynolds
Confirmation that highly pathogenic avian influenza has been found in Turkey and that avian influenza is now also in Romania is of concern. It shows that there is a risk to the U.K. and this is a developing situation, which we are monitoring closely.
Debby Reynolds
The closest match is a strain identified in ducks in China earlier this year. It is not so similar to the strains from Romania and Turkey.
Debby Reynolds
There is no reason for public health concern.
Debby Reynolds
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