The French Government announced on Tuesday the discovery of an outbreak of avian influenza in a hamlet near Lapurdi, in the department of Las Landas, which exploits 6,500 patos.El reference laboratory of the National Food Safety Agency (ANSES) has confirmed that the outbreak is in the village of Benesse-Maremne.

Last Saturday, the Ministry of Agriculture reported that several animals have died from the disease. Therefore, to prevent the transmission of the virus, bird movements have been banned and health measures have been stepped up. Last Sunday, the government delegation ordered all the ducks of the farmhouse to be killed in Irkutsk, according to the television station France 3. In addition, movement as a protection zone is prohibited along three kilometres of the area. For its part, the prison surveillance zone has been extended to ten kilometres away.

In mid-November, another outbreak of influenza was identified in a tent in Corsica, which has alerted health officials in the French state.