Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds),
Italy

Information received on 30/12/2020 from Dr Davide Lecchini, Chief Veterinary Officer, Directorate General for Veterinary Health and Veterinary MedicinalProducts (DGSAF), Ministry of Health, ROME, Italy

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 2
Date of start of the event	21/11/2020
Date of confirmation of the event	04/12/2020
Report date	30/12/2020
Date submitted to OIE	30/12/2020
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (16/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 1 (23/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 2 (30/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 3 (11/01/2021)

Outbreaks

There are no new outbreaks in this report

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.