A wildlife sanctuary in Cornwall with more than 1,300 exotic and rare birds is on alert after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in a nearby village. Keepers at Paradise Park in Hayle have introduced strict biosecurity measures to reduce the possibility of the disease infecting the bird collection after the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was found on a poultry farm near Rosudgeon.

The vast majority of human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. have resulted from direct contact with animals, so a few simple precautions can keep most people's risk very low.

Avian influenza is spreading in the islands for the first time and Hawaii Department of Agriculture officials said Hawaii is the last of the 50 states to detect the disease.