1.8 million #farmed #birds have been #culled in #UK as part of #birdflu precautions, and restriction zones exist in several areas (there are 20 million farmed birds produced every week, about a third of the human population)
As yet it has not affected the price of #eggs or #poultry or caused major disruption even in rural areas (there are less warning signs and checkpoints around than in the previous outbreaks)
BBC NewsAvian flu outbreaks see 1.8 million farmed birds culledThere have been 33 outbreaks so far on farms, but the risk to humans remains low, the government says.
