THE HAGUE, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Dutch government has enforced a nationwide confinement and shielding obligation for poultry, following a spike in bird flu cases, the country's Agriculture Minister Femke Wiersma announced on Wednesday.
The measure was unveiled after a risk assessment by an expert group on animal diseases classified the likelihood of further outbreaks in the Netherlands as moderate to high, Wiersma said.
