Luxembourg’s Administration of Veterinary Services (ASV) confirmed a case of the avian influenza H5N8, which is sometimes called bird flu.

The case was identified at a personal, non-commercial farm in Olingen, in eastern Luxembourg on 6 September, “following the import of poultry from a market in Belgium,” the ASV 

The agency has imposed several biosecurity measures, including a restriction of transporting living fowl without prior authorisation.

The ASV stated that “the consumption of meat and eggs is without risk to public health.”

 and deadly among birds, but generally is not transmitted to humans. There have been, however, a few hundred 

 of human infection, mainly among those who were in close contact with sick animals.

A case of bird flu has been detected in the grand duchy. There is low risk to humans, but the disease is deadly for fowl.