{"id":232930,"date":"2025-10-22T22:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/232930\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T22:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:20:18","slug":"belgium-orders-all-poultry-to-be-kept-indoors-over-bird-flu-outbreak-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/232930\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium orders all poultry to be kept indoors over bird flu outbreak &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Sybille de La Hamaide and Charlotte Van Campenhout<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReuters\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted October 22, 2025 1:08 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Belgium\u00a0has ordered\u00a0that all poultry be kept indoors from\u00a0Thursday following\u00a0the detection of a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/bird-flu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bird flu<\/a> outbreak,\u00a0the federal food safety agency said on Wednesday,\u00a0as Europe faces a strong resurgence of the disease.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760811489_47_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The spread of bird flu raised concerns among governments and the poultry industry after it killed or led to the culling of hundreds of millions of poultry in recent years, disrupting supply, fuelling higher food prices and raising the risk of a new pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbouring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AL1N3W20PV&amp;linkedFromStory=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a>\u00a0took a similar decision to Belgium on Tuesday and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AL5N3VX1BY&amp;linkedFromStory=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netherlands<\/a>\u00a0last week.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Alberta bird experts seeing more avian flu cases than in previous years'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CGY_MOMNEY_THUMB_211025.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:56<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlberta bird experts seeing more avian flu cases than in previous years\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, was detected on a turkey farm near Diksmuide in the north of Belgium this week, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said earlier on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11487721\/germany-norway-defence-ministers-canada-submarines\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CP175185684-e1761071609301.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAs Canada nears submarine deal, Germany and Norway pitch partnership\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11485876\/child-overboard-disney-cruise-ship-details\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761171617_962_disney-dream-cruiseship.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t5-year-old girl fell overboard on Disney cruise due to mom: police report\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The H5N1 strain of bird flu killed 319 birds while the rest of the 67,110-strong flock was slaughtered, the Paris-based WOAH said in the report posted on its website, citing Belgian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The WOAH also said on Wednesday that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AS8N3TL06H&amp;linkedFromStory=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slovakia<\/a>\u00a0had reported an outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm, in a sign that the deadly virus continues to spread rapidly in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AL1N3W30KH&amp;linkedFromStory=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest outbreak<\/a>, the Netherlands will cull around 161,000 chickens at a poultry farm in the central-eastern region of the country after bird flu was detected there, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Health<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Sybille de La Hamaide and Charlotte Van Campenhout Reuters Posted October 22, 2025 1:08 pm 1 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