‘Negligible’ risk in bird flu (The Evening Telegraph) Britain has been struck with its first outbreak of the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, scientists said. [News Source]

Cull begins of bird flu-hit turkeys (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) A cull has begun of 159,000 turkeys after government vets confirmed poultry at a Suffolk farm had died from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. [News Source]

Bird flu is the price of your £5 roast. There is something biblical about modern farming. One calamity seems to follow another. Plagues sweep through livestock with terrifying speed. [News Source]

It’s too early to panic, but we should prepare. Nothing seems more medieval than the arrival of an invisible plague spreading across the globe. The Suffolk outbreak brings home to us the threat of these influenzas, but the real danger lies abroad. [News Source]

‘Negligible’ risk in bird flu (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Britain has been struck with its first outbreak of the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, scientists said. [News Source]

Avian Flu Does Not Pose A Food Safety Risk For UK Consumers – Food Standards Agency (Medical News Today) Tests have shown that the avian flu which killed 2600 turkeys at a Suffok farm is the H5N1 virus. Food Standards Agency advice, that avian flu does not pose a food safety risk for UK consumers, remains unchanged.Food Standards Agency AdviceThe Food Standards Agency considers that avian flu does not pose a food safety risk for UK consumers. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Bird flu battled at British turkey farm (Moldova.org) A bird-flu virus thought capable of killing humans has been identified at a turkey farm in Britain where another 159,000 birds are set to be killed.Sky News said Saturday that the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs had confirmed that the outbreak at the Suffolk County farm, which has already killed more than 2,600 turkeys, was indeed the lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza.H5N1 ... [News Source]

EU confirms virulent H5N1 bird flu found at British poultry farm. The European Commission confirmed on Saturday that the bird flu virus detected at a turkey farm in eastern England was the virulent H5N1 strain, which can be transmitted to humans. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak sparks concern. The discovery of avian flu in 2,600 turkeys at a Suffolk farm could lead to up to 160,000 birds being culled. [News Source]

No public health concerns – DEFRA. The Government has said there is no reason for the public to be concerned about their health after the outbreak of avian flu in Suffolk. [News Source]

EU interest in Suffolk bird flu. The latest confirmed outbreak of the potentially-deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu has given next Tuesday's routine meeting of Europe's veterinary experts a new agenda item. [News Source]

Bird flu can infect people via upper airway: expert. Leading scientists in Hong Kong have found that the H5N1 bird flu virus can infect cells in the upper airway of humans and need not penetrate deep in the lungs to cause infection. [News Source]