Bird flu virus found in Belgium, steps taken to contain it - statement


  • World
  • Friday, 03 Feb 2017

FILE PHOTO: A laboratory worker carries out an autopsy on dead wild geese, looking for evidence of the bird flu virus, in the laboratory of the Hungarian national food safety authority in Budapest, Hungary, January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian authorities found the H5N8 bird flu virus at a farm north of Brussels on Feb.1 and imposed measures to contain the spread of the highly contagious virus, the Belgian agriculture ministry said on its website on Thursday.

The virus was found at a site belonging to a bird enthusiast in the area of Lebbeke.

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