SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND –  The community is being warned to avoid handling live or dead birds after a case of ‘bird flu’ was recently confirmed in Norfolk. Health and Social Services of Haldimand and Norfolk County posted an alert on April 20, after finding infected poultry on a commercial poultry site. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)  confirmed H5N1 Avian influenza at the poultry site in Norfolk County. A community alert was posted today (May 3). H541 Avian Influenza (also known as ‘bird flu’) is categorized as a type A influenza virus. It is considered highly contagious among the bird population. The virus is transmittable to both domesticated and wild birds including  chickens, turkeys, pheasants, raptor, gulls, terns, shorebirds, quail, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, among many birds. The virus

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