Norfolk poultry farmers welcome government bird flu housing order

Flocks will be in lockdown across 21 counties - including Suffolk and Norfolk - from tomorrow.

The counties affected span the entire north of England and East Anglia - excluding Essex.

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Map showing the area affected by a bird flu prevention housing order (Image: DEFRA)

The housing order follows a mass cull order of a commercial flock in Lakenheath, west Suffolk farm after avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was discovered at the weekend.

It was the first incident in Suffolk this season - which starts in October - and the tenth in the UK.

From midnight tonight poultry flocks must be housed indoors.

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