Overview
- Government officials confirmed highly pathogenic H5N1 in poultry farms across Morang, Sunsari, Jhapa and Chitwan, with detections now totaling 23 sites.
- Response teams have destroyed about 113,608 birds and 211,867 eggs to contain the outbreak at affected farms.
- Surveillance has been stepped up around the impacted areas, and authorities have imposed movement restrictions on poultry to slow transmission.
- No human infections are reported in this coverage, though H5N1 can infect people in rare cases and can cause illness ranging from mild to severe.
- The viruses are from the goose/Guangdong lineage first identified in 1996, and recent variants since 2020 have driven large losses in wild birds and poultry worldwide.