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A threat of fowl fever was detected, which forced the introduction of protection zones in the Tatra and Nowy Targ counties.
The protection zone covers the city of Zakopane and Murzasichle in the Poronin commune. The endangered area, in turn, covers the communes of Kościelisko, Bukowina Tatrzańska and Biały Dunajec in the Tatra poviat. In the Nowy Targ poviat, the endangered zone covers Bańska Wyżna in the Szaflary commune and Ciche, Ratułów and Czerwienne in the Czarny Dunajec commune.
In the protection zone, it was ordered, among others, keeping poultry and other birds in closed facilities or other closed places on the farm, using disinfectants and biosecurity products and keeping records of people visiting farms. In this zone it is forbidden to, among others: moving birds between farms. Similar restrictions apply in the affected area.
There will be warning signs

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