Doctors call for ‘roadmap’ for Irish bird flu outbreak

IRELAND must have a clear roadmap strategy to deal with a major bird flu outbreak in the near future, top medics warned yesterday.

The virus has killed 128 people worldwide and the nearest case of the deadly H5N1 strain was confirmed in Scotland in April.

The incidence of infection is expected to increase again in September, when up to 50 billion migratory birds head south for the winter across mainland Europe.