“The Prevention Zone means anyone who keeps poultry such as chickens, ducks and geese, even as pets, must take action to stop them coming into contact with wild birds to protect them from avian flu,” chief veterinary officer Nigel Gibbens said, according to Cornwall Live.
Gibbens said birds should be put into a suitable building or temporary enclosures. Water and food should also be kept inside to ensure infected wild birds don’t contaminate it.
In South America, Chile is also dealing with an outbreak of avian influenza.
Chile’s Agriculture and Livestock Service confirmed on Friday that a strain of bird flu was discovered at a turkey production plant in the Valparaiso region, according to a Reuters report.
Lab tests show the strain is of low pathogenicity and poses little threat to animal health.
Reuters report nearly 350,000 birds will be destroyed in Chile and quarantines have been put in place.