https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed It’s not just the coronavirus pandemic that’s hitting Sweden; a wave of bird flu is also making its mark on shop shelves. https://www.thelocal.se/20210528/why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-eggs-in-sweden-right-now Fri, 28 May 2021 15:56:50 +0200 why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-eggs-in-sweden-right-now Authorities have decided to cull 200,000 poultry after a highly contagious bird flu outbreak was confirmed on a farm in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20161125/sweden-to-cull-37000-poultry-after-suspected-bird-flu-outbreak Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:24:07 +0100 sweden-to-cull-37000-poultry-after-suspected-bird-flu-outbreak Two swans found dead in Stockholm carried a strain of the bird flu virus, Sweden's Board of Agriculture (Jordbruksverket) has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20150320/case-of-bird-flu-confirmed-in-sweden Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:29:00 +0100 case-of-bird-flu-confirmed-in-sweden Farmers in Sweden are being told to put birds indoors or in covered fenced zones, following outbreaks of bird flu in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20141118/sweden-puts-wild-birds-under-cover Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:19:00 +0100 sweden-puts-wild-birds-under-cover The Stockholm-based EU disease control centre has warned travellers to stay away from birds on visits to China, after a Canadian fell ill and died of bird flu. https://www.thelocal.se/20140110/bird-flu-death-sparks-swedish-vigilance Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:12:00 +0100 bird-flu-death-sparks-swedish-vigilance Swedish experts have warned that a newly discovered flu virus in China shows worrying signs that it could spread around the world this autumn. https://www.thelocal.se/20130719/49144 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:46:00 +0200 49144 It has been confirmed that two dead swans found in the Baltic Sea 100km from the southern tip of Sweden were carrying the deadly H5N1 virus. https://www.thelocal.se/20060215/3057-2 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:41:00 +0100 3057-2 The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu will likely arrive in Sweden with migratory birds in a couple of months, the head of the National Board of Health and Welfare wrote in an opinion piece on https://www.thelocal.se/20060214/3049-2 Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:54:00 +0100 3049-2 The decision by the Minister for Public Health, Morgan Johansson, to open a vaccine factory in Sweden has been lambasted by his Danish counterpart, Lars Lökke Rasmussen. https://www.thelocal.se/20051214/2687-2 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:11:00 +0100 2687-2 Sweden has the second-worst supply of Influenza vaccines in the western world, according to a new report commissioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO). https://www.thelocal.se/20050928/2174-3 Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:53:00 +0200 2174-3