The birds have been found from Rogaland in the south to Finnmark in the north.
Bird flu is very rarely transmitted from birds to humans, but as a precautionary principle we recommend taking some precautions.
– We ask everyone to leave sick or dead birds alone. Do not touch them. Do not take a sick bird home to care for it or give it food, says Anne Marie Jahr, section manager for animal health in the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.
If you find sick or dead birds, please notify the Norwegian Food Safety Authority by email or telephone, so that they can assess whether they should move out and take samples.
If you have been in close contact with a sick or dead bird and experience symptoms of the flu during the next 10 days, please contact your GP.
See also: Advice to prevent infection with bird flu in humans (National Institute of Public Health)
Both the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and the National Institute of Public Health are following the situation closely.
Feeding birds
However, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority requests that you do not feed wild birds in parks and by lakes. This causes the birds to gather in small areas and more easily spread the infection between them.
The exception is at fixed places where the birds are used to feeding, where you can still feed birds as they still gather in such places.
Bird flu in wild birds is most likely a new normal in Norway. The virus has been found in Central Europe for many years, and has now spread to Norway. That means we have to be a little more careful.
– We assume that we will have to live with infection in wild birds for several periods in the future, says Jahr.
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