A number of samples have to be taken from both wild and domestic birds in each member state, and the type of tests that will be done.

We have robust surveillance measures in place and have taken more than 3,500 samples from wild birds, which so far have not detected H5N1 in the UK.

The need to keep domestic birds away from wild birds has been widely recognized and efforts to do so have been implemented in many countries.

The aim of these national surveillance programs is to provide early detection of cases of avian influenza, particularly in wild birds and poultry in the European Union.

All imports of domestic and wild birds, their products and by-products from Nigeria are prohibited with immediate effect.

The sun tells the best joke of a day full of them, setting so spectacularly that you can almost smell the tropical paradise lazing somewhere over this rim of endless, gray socialist towers. Miles of square windows explode orange, red, and purple, like a million TV sets broadcasting the apocalypse. Clouds unspool. The sky drains of birds.