United Arab Emirates is imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products from Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Resp and Saratovskaya Oblast in Russia.

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 28 September 2020 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Resp and Saratovskaya Oblast in Russia, United Arab Emirates is applying a precautionary sanitary measure to prevent the risk of introducing HPAI virus through the imports of live birds and their products from Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Resp and Saratovskaya Oblast in Russia.These measures include:Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products from Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Resp and Saratovskaya Oblast in Russia.
Continue to allow the importation of poultry products, table eggs and its products, day-old chicks and hatching eggs according to the approved health certificates.