The bird flu still present at Lac du Der, between the Marne and the Haute-Marne. “New dead birds have been collected“, indicates the prefecture of Marne in a press release this Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Three weeks earlier, on March 22, several cases had already been reported.
The control areas already in place remain in force. It concerns the municipalities of Arrigny, Chatillon-sur-Broué, Drosnay, Ecollemont, Giffaumont-Champaubert, Landricourt, Larzicourt, Outines, St Rémy-en-Bouzemont-St Genest-et-Isson, and Sainte-Marie-du-Lac – Nuisance in the Marne. Eclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière, Frampas, La-Porte-du-Der (only north of the D384), Planrupt and Droyes (Rives-Dervoises) in Haute-Marne.
Bird flu “persists and remains active mainly in droppings and standing water containing contaminated droppings“, indicates the prefecture. The beaches of Giffaumont (Marne) and that of Braucourt (Haute-Marne) are closed”to avoid spreading the virus, in particular by carrying it on the shoes.” These restrictions may be lifted from April 19, 2022 if no new infected bird is discovered, specifies the prefecture.