They have ended the confinement of poultry after improving the state of avian influenza
The measure, which has been in force since November 2025, has been suspended once it has been established that there are no cases of wild birds and that temperatures have risen.
The Spanish Government's Ministry ofAgriculture, Fisheries and Food has completely lifted the preventive confinement of poultry, a restriction in force since November to prevent bird flu infections.
The Department has taken this step after checking that there are no cases of wild birds and that temperatures are expected to rise, although it will keep the virus management tools active.
The Ministry has highlighted the effectiveness of the restrictions applied since November, when only two outbreaks were detected in chicken farms in Lleida in December 2025 and January 2026, despite the high number of wild birds in Europe.
Spain partially relaxed its confinement on 1 April and maintained it in areas of special risk in 1,201 municipalities in all the Autonomous Communities, including Ceuta and Melilla.
As of 1July2025, 16 foci of influenza avia have been counted in farms, the last registered on 13 January in the province of Lleida. In addition, the country was declared free of high-pathogenicity avian influenza by the World Animal Health Organization on 10 February, although preventive measures were maintained for the risk associated with migratory birds.
The general confinement of birds raised outdoors was decreed on 13 November 2025 to prevent contact with migratory birds likely to have the virus, following restrictions on special surveillance areas last week, and since then epidemiological developments have been monitored weekly.
The Ministry recalls that avian influenza is not transmitted to peopleby consuming meat, eggs or derivatives, but recommends not touching animals with symptoms or those that appear dead in the field.
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