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Hungary - High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (Inf. with) (poultry) - Follow up report 1

High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (Inf. with) (poultry)
CAUSAL AGENT

Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE

H5N1
START DATE

2026/02/04

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION

Recurrence of an eradicated disease
DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE

2025/05/06

CONFIRMATION DATE

2026/02/05

LINK:
https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/7252

Canada Goose is in Tiszaföldvár, Hungary.

  · February 3 at 2:32 PM  ·
3-Feb-2026. In the Hungarian town of Tiszaföldvár, 70 out of 17,660 foie gras geese has died beginning on 1/27/26. HPAI H5N1 has been confirmed.

LINK:
https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/7237

Canada Goose is in Pszczyna, Poland.

   February 3 at 2:22 PM 
3-Feb-2026.  In Poland's District of Gmina Pszczyna (Silesian/Śląskie Voivodeship), 500/21,011 breeding chickens have died beginning on 1/27/26 and HPAI H5N1 is confirmed.

LINK:
https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/7243

Suspected bird flu at Chemnitz Zoo confirmed
DieSachsen News 31.01.2026

Avian influenza has been detected at Chemnitz Zoo. All birds have been tested and the enclosures secured. What happens now at the zoo?

The suspicion of bird flu at Chemnitz Zoo has been confirmed. This was announced by the city following investigations by the Friedrich Loeffler Institute. As announced, the zoo will remain closed until Monday (February 2). The city will then provide information on further steps.

Two dead chickens were found in a duck pond at the zoo this week. As a result, all of the 300 or so birds living there were tested for the pathogen. Some of the animals were housed in pens. The bird enclosures were also secured.

This is the second major case of bird flu at a zoo in Saxony this winter. In December, Leipzig Zoo killed all of its Dalmatian pelicans after two of the birds died. The zoo had also taken further hygiene measures to contain the animal disease.

LINK:
https://www.diesachsen.de/en/salud/suspected-bird-flu-at-chemnitz-zoo-confirmed-3099384

Bird flu confirmed in geese found dead in Whitby, Canada
January 21, 2026 10:25 am EST.
Dead geese found along the waterfront in Whitby have tested positive for avian influenza (bird flu), Whitby Animal Services confirmed in a release on Tuesday.

LINK:
https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2026/01/21/bird-flu-confirmed-in-geese-found-dead-in-whitby/

Canada Goose is in Telenesti, Moldova.

   January 17 
17-Jan-2026. In Moldova, two mute swans found dead on 1/14/26 are HPAI H5N1 positive. The swans were found in Teleneşti, which is less than 100km from the capital city of Chișinău.

LINK:
https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/7195

Canada Goose is in Szügy, Hungary.

  January 14
14-Jan-2026. In Hungary, HPAI H5N1 has been detected on a breeding goose farm in Szügy, Nógrád County. No deaths were reported and the fate of the flock was not included in the report to WOAH. The event is listed as beginning on 1/9/26.

LINK:
https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/7185

Today, a suspected case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, a livestock infectious disease, was confirmed at a poultry farm in Kanegasaki Town, Iwate Prefecture (the 20th case in Japan this season).

In response to this, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will convene a meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Avian Influenza Prevention Headquarters to confirm future response policies.
The farm in question has refrained from moving poultry since the farmer notified them.
We ask for your cooperation in strictly refraining from reporting on-site, as this could lead to the spread of the disease and violate the farmer's privacy.
Kanegasaki Town, Iwate Prefecture  Japan
Farming situation: Approximately 560,000 chickens (layers)
2. Background

(1) On Friday, February 20, 2026, Iwate Prefecture received a report from a farm in Kanegasaki Town and conducted an on-site inspection of the farm.
(2) On the same day, a simple test for avian influenza was conducted on the poultry in question, which revealed that the results were positive.
(3) On Saturday, February 21, genetic testing was conducted on the poultry at the farm, and the results confirmed that the poultry were suspected cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

LINK:
https://www.reddit.com/r/H5N1_AvianFlu/comments/1ravb0q/bird_flu_confirmed_in_poultry_in_iwate_prefecture/