| Event code | BH-AFL/06932/NLD |
|---|---|
| Main category | Biology Hazard |
| Sub category | Avian influenza |
| Event date (UTC) | Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:22:45 +0000 |
| Last update (UTC) | Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:22:45 +0000 |
| Continent | Europe |
|---|---|
| Country | Netherlands |
| Administration area | Province of Gelderland |
| Settlement | Hummelo |
| Exact location | |
| Open Location Code: | 9F48264M+5V |
| Size of affected area | County-level |
| Additional events |
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| Urgency | Past |
|---|---|
| Certainty | Observed |
| Severity | Extreme |
| Category | Health |
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) is culling all 150 birds at a hobby farm in Hummelo to prevent the further spread of avian influenza, marking the second outbreak in Gelderland this week, Omroep Gelderland reported. Two days earlier, avian influenza was detected at a commercial farm in Dodewaard, where approximately 161,000 birds had to be culled. Authorities have immediately imposed a transport ban within a 10-kilometer radius of the farm. The ban prohibits the movement of poultry and eggs, whether for hatching or consumption, from any location with birds. It also covers the removal of bird manure, used litter, animal products, and other animals from farms. One other poultry farm is located within 3 kilometers of the infected property, and 16 commercial poultry farms lie within a 10-kilometer radius.
| Number of dead: | 0 person(s) |
|---|---|
| Number of injured: | 0 person(s) |
| Number of Affected: | 0 person(s) |
| Number of Rescued/evacuated: | 0 person(s) |
| Number of Missing: | 0 person(s) |
| Number of Infected: | 0 person(s) |
| Name of disease | A/H5N1 |
|---|---|
| Biosafety level | Level 3 - Hight |
| Pathogen | virus |
| Spacies | Animal |
| Infection status | confirmed |
| Additional information | |
| Symptoms: | H5N1 is a type of influenza virus that causes a highly infectious, severe respiratory disease in birds called avian influenza (or "bird flu"). Human cases of H5N1 avian influenza occur occasionally, but it is difficult to transmit the infection from person to person. When people do become infected, the mortality rate is about 60%. Almost all cases of H5N1 infection in people have been associated with close contact with infected live or dead birds, or H5N1-contaminated environments. The virus does not infect humans easily, and spread from person to person appears to be unusual. There is no evidence that the disease can be spread to people through properly prepared and thoroughly cooked food. In most cases, avian influenza in humans develops into a serious disease that should be treated promptly in the hospital and may require intensive care, where available. The antiviral medicine oseltamivir can reduce the severity of illness and prevent death, and should be used in all cases. |
| Code2 | NL |
|---|---|
| Code | NLD |
| Name | Netherlands |
| LocalName | Nederland |
| GovernmentForm | Constitutional Monarchy |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region | Western Europe |
| SurfaceArea | 41526.00 |
| IndepYear | 1581 |
| Population | 15864000 |
| LifeExpectancy | 78.3 |
| GNP | 371362.00 |
| GNPOld | 360478.00 |
| Capital | 5 |