The government has confirmed numerous bird flu cases across England in recent days, including on commercial poultry farms.

A bird flu strain has the "potential to become a pandemic", a UK health boss has warned. Richard Pebody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA ...

The H5N1 virus was detected in a single animal in Yorkshire, the British government said on Monday. It added that the risk to humans remained very low.

In light of the fresh bird flu case, Dr Meera Chand, Emerging Infection Lead at the UK Health Security Agency, also said this week: "Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with ...

The UK confirmed the first-ever case of bird flu in a sheep, though officials state there is no increased risk to livestock populations.