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| Bird flu protection measures imposed following the November outbreak of the disease are starting to be lifted. | Bird flu protection measures imposed following the November outbreak of the disease are starting to be lifted. |
| A 3km protection zone set up to stop the disease spreading from Redgrave Park farm, on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, has been lifted this morning. | |
| Another protection zone, around a second farm nearby, will be removed on 10 December if no new cases emerge. | Another protection zone, around a second farm nearby, will be removed on 10 December if no new cases emerge. |
| Wider surveillance and restriction zones imposed following the outbreak are to go on 19 December. | Wider surveillance and restriction zones imposed following the outbreak are to go on 19 December. |
| Other restrictions on bird gatherings and movements of poultry and poultry meat will remain in place. | Other restrictions on bird gatherings and movements of poultry and poultry meat will remain in place. |
| The measures were put in place to protect birds from the H5N1 strain of avian flu following an outbreak at Redgrave Park farm on 13 November. | The measures were put in place to protect birds from the H5N1 strain of avian flu following an outbreak at Redgrave Park farm on 13 November. |
| The second protection zone was set up around the nearby Hill Meadow farm, which shares its workforce with Redgrave Park, and to which the disease had spread. | The second protection zone was set up around the nearby Hill Meadow farm, which shares its workforce with Redgrave Park, and to which the disease had spread. |
| The Department Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has been unable to confirm the source of the outbreak but has not ruled out wild birds as the cause. | The Department Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has been unable to confirm the source of the outbreak but has not ruled out wild birds as the cause. |
| Millions of birds worldwide have either died from the H5N1 strain or been killed to prevent the spread of the disease. | Millions of birds worldwide have either died from the H5N1 strain or been killed to prevent the spread of the disease. |