Skip to main content

Which poultry workers are eligible for a flu vaccine?

In Wales, you may be eligible for a flu vaccine if you work with birds and are involved in catching, culling, cleaning or processing poultry.   

You must be aged 16 or over, live in Wales and meet the following criteria to get a flu vaccine.   

1. You work on a site with suspected or confirmed avian (bird) flu and:  

  • catch or cull birds  
  • clean enclosed areas, or  
  • collect dead birds.  

2. You regularly work at or visit registered poultry sites with 50 or more birds and:  

  • routinely visit areas where birds are raised or eggs are produced  
  • collect or remove manure or litter from where birds are raised or eggs are produced  
  • clean poultry sheds after the birds have been removed  
  • sort eggs if the sorting area is part of the production unit, or  
  • catch or cull poultry in enclosed areas where they are raised or eggs are produced.  

3. You work in poultry processing units and:  

  • catch and handle live birds  
  • kill and process birds, or  
  • clean and disinfect areas and equipment covered in bird droppings.  

Poultry sites are places where birds that are kept in captivity, such as chickens, ducks and turkeys, are raised. Poultry means all birds kept for producing meat or eggs, for making other products, for restocking wild game, or for breeding.