Most European countries have identified a ‘flu czar’ who would lead the response to any emergency, but efforts need to be co-ordinated across 25 member states.
Difficult decisions will need to be made to ration available vaccine supplies if bird flu mutates into pandemic flu, causing widespread human infection.
If you find a dead swan, goose or duck or three or more dead wild, or garden birds together in the same place, please report this to Defra, via the Defra Helpline on 08459 33 55 77.
UK Chief Veterinary Officers have announced that the dead swan found in Fife in which H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed is believed to have originated outside Great Britain.
