Results
A total 2,280 birds were affected on two adjacent farms. HPAI-H5N1 was
confirmed for all samples investigated. The index case-farm with 1,438
birds, reported 30 bird deaths on June 16, 2018, 24 hours after
receiving a consignment of birds from an HPAI-H5N1 confirmed farm in a
neighboring region of Ghana. The second case-farm recorded bird deaths 7
days later. Both farms operated aluminum sheet-roofed metallic mesh pens
without fencing. Beddings in pens were not regularly changed. Four
poultry farms located within an 6km radius of the affected farms did not
report sick or dead birds. All twenty-three human contacts were
asymptomatic of flu, after 14-days follow-up.