Bird Flu Outbreak 2024 Uk Update. H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and u.s. Between 2003 and 2024, h5n1 caused 889 illnesses and 463 deaths in 23 countries, a fatality rate of 52 per cent, according to the world health organization (who).

The government’s chief veterinary officer said she has not ruled out. Vaccines for the 2024 to 25 children’s flu programme supplied by ukhsa from 2024 laiv will be a trivalent vaccine (rather than a quadrivalent) due to the removal of the b.