Dear colleagues and ECTAD members,

Please find attached the weekly situation update for HPAI including summaries of suspected, confirmed and denied HPAI outbreaks/cases in affected countries. Since the last update, the following new items have been included:

AFRICAN REGION

Egypt

- Confirmed H5 HPAI outbreak in poultry (Beni Suef, Dakahlia, Gharbia, Menoufiya,
   Port Said, Qualioubiya and Sharkia Governorates)

ASIAN REGION

Bangladesh

- Confirmed H5N1 HPAI outbreaks in poultry (Joypurhat and Sirajganj)

Cambodia

- Confirmed H5N1 HPAI outbreak in poultry (Takeo)

India

- Confirmed H5N1 HPAI outbreaks in poultry (West Bengal)

Indonesia

- Suspected human case of H5N1 infection (Central Java)

Israel

- Additional information on confirmed H5N1 HPAI outbreak in poultry (Haifa)

Nepal

- Confirmed H5N1 HPAI outbreak in poultry (Pokhara)

Viet Nam

- Confirmed H5N1 HPAI outbreaks in poultry (Ca Mau and Ha Tinh)

- Additional information on confirmed H5N1 HPAI outbreaks in poultry
  (Soc Trang and Dien Bien)

For further information about HPAI Situation Update please contact the GLEWS team in FAO at GLEWS@fao.org

FAO compiles information from numerous sources (FAO representatives or country missions, FAO reports, OIE, official government sources, European Commission, FAO reference centres, laboratories and FAO collaborators) and produces these composite maps in a representative effort to provide full and accurate information.