The states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine Westphalia have both issued orders that farmers keep poultry inside from September 15 in several parts of their regions used by especially large numbers of migratory birds.
There are fears that wild birds could spread bird flu from parts of Russia and Central Asia where it has broken out.
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