Attributed to: Dr. Majid Sultan Al Qasimi - Director of Animal Health and Development Department, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment Based on a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health about the registration of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Republic of Bulgaria, the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) took the following actions: 1- Prohibited the import of all kinds of live domestic and wild birds, ornamental birds, chicks, hatching eggs and their thermally untreated wastes from the Republic of Bulgaria. 2- Prohibited the import of poultry meat and thermally untreated products and table eggs from the affected provinces, but allowed imports disease free areas, located at a radius of at least 25 kms from the affected farm and to include that in the export health certificate. 3- Allowed the continuation of imports of thermally treated poultry products (treated meat and processed egg products) and thermally treated poultry waste from across the Republic of Bulgaria. 4- Allowed the entry of imports prior to 25/9/2017of thermally untreated products and table eggs from the affected province.