Britain confirms case of low-risk on farm

Britain confirmed a case of avian flu at a poultry farm in northern England on Monday, three days after flagging a suspected case there, but said there was little risk to public health or food safety.

The strain found, H7N7, posed a "very low" risk to public health, Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said in its statement.

Officials have imposed a 10 km (6 mile) control zone around the farm and the culling of birds there was continuing.

Britain had an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu at a duck farm in northern England last November, the first since 2008. Restrictions on the movement of poultry in the surrounding area were lifted a month later.