United Arab Emirates is imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs, poultry meat and table eggs from Voronezhskaya Oblast province in Russia, in addition to the previous provinces (Kurskaya Oblast, Astrakhanskaya Oblast, Respublika Kalmykiya and Kostromskaya Oblast)

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Follow-up report No. 14 on 6 November 2018 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in the Voronezhskaya Oblast province in the Russian Federation, 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 Voronezhskaya Oblast province in in the Russian Federation, in addition to the previous provinces (Kurskaya Oblast, Astrakhanskaya Oblast, Respublika Kalmykiya and Kostromskaya Oblast). These measures include:
1. Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products, day-old chicks and hatching eggs, poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products originating from the Voronezhskaya Oblast province in the Russian Federation, except heat-treated products.