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2017 Central Luzon H5N6 outbreak information


2017 Central Luzon H5N6 outbreak
The ground zero of the outbreak (in red) in the barangays of San Carlos, and Santa Rita in San Luis, Pampanga, Philippines.
DateApril – September 2017
LocationCentral Luzon, Philippines
  • Pampanga
  • Nueva Ecija
TypeBird flu outbreak
Deaths37,000 birds died from H5N6 (August 11)
600,000+ birds culled (September 4)

From April to September 2017 in the Philippines, an outbreak of H5N6 avian influenza or bird flu affected poultry in at least three towns in Central Luzon; San Luis in Pampanga and Jaen and San Isidro in Nueva Ecija.

The occurrence is the first avian flu outbreak recorded in the Philippines. While the occurrence of the disease was reported as early as April 2017, it was only on August 11, 2017, that the avian flu was confirmed. The outbreak was officially declared over in September 2017.

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