Estonia is threatened by avian influenza

The Estonian Agriculture and Food Commission said on 22 January that avian influenza carrying the H5N8 strain had spread to Finland and Lithuania and posed a great threat to Estonia, but not to humans.
was detected in wild hares in Janakkala, Kanta-Hame region, Finland, on 21 January.
was diagnosed on 8 January at bird farms and wild birds in Lithuania.
The bird flu has spread to 22 countries in Europe, the closest of which is Finland, Sweden, Lithuania and Poland," said Olev Kalda, head of animal health and animal welfare at the Estonian Agriculture and Food Commission.
, as birds migrate in the spring, the disease is largely transmitted to Estonia.
is considered one of the most dangerous animal diseases, causing a large number of diseases and deaths in birds.
in the event of an outbreak, animals will be quarantined, sick and suspected birds extinguished and destroyed.
so far this year (2020), nearly 2 million poultry in Europe have died or been culled for bird flu.
no bird flu has been detected in Estonia.
state authorities have been monitoring bird flu in forest birds and waterfowl.
avian influenza has spread to Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Slovakia, Croatia and Ukraine.