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With Hurricane Season 2025 behind us, the Cayman Islands Government has dedicated the first week of December to expressing gratitude - recognising the unsung heroes who serve year-round to build a stronger, more resilient Cayman.

Following confirmation of H5N1 Avian Influenza in birds at a farm in West Bay, Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands Government approved on 3 December an amendment to the Public Health Act (2021 Revision) to make clear that Avian Influenza is a notifiable disease.

Fake videos are currently circulating on social media platforms falsely depicting Cayman Islands Regiment personnel at sanitation facilities engaged in violent confrontations.

The Cayman Islands Regiment, in coordination with relevant government authorities, is conducting precautionary sanitisation operations in the West Bay area, near Genevieve Bodden Drive, as part of enhanced biosecurity measures following the confirmation of H5N1 avian flu virus at a single farm located on Cemetery Road.

The Department of Agriculture in the Ministry of Planning, Lands, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure has announced the temporary suspension of all inter-island movement of live avian species (including poultry)

Government teams continued coordinated containment and monitoring activities today, Sunday 30 November, following the confirmed detection of H5N1 Avian Influenza in a limited number of birds at a farm in West Bay.