H5N1 Strain

• Bird flu confirmed at Selwyn Township farm north of Peterborough

  "The risk to human health remains low and we are not aware of any local human cases at this time,” says medical officer of health Dr. Thomas Piggott.

  Health

  Apr 4, 2022
  
• 4th southern Ontario poultry farm quarantined after bird flu confirmed

  The agency says the H5N1 strain of avian influenza was confirmed in a poultry farm in the Township of Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation on Thursday.

  Health

  Apr 1, 2022
  
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• ‘Be extremely vigilant’: farmers, feds worried about growing outbreaks of bird flu

  The agency says the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian flu was found in a poultry flock in Woolwich, Ont. on Wednesday.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2022
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• British, Dutch fighting outbreak of bird flu in poultry

  British officials say the risk to public health is very low after bird flu was discovered on a duck breeding farm in northern England.

  Health

  Nov 17, 2014