A first case of avian influenza in #Belgium has been confirmed at a hobby farm in #Welkenraedt, likely caused by contact with wild birds❗️
Although the outbreak is contained, still this case is a reminder that the virus is present again in the region. ⬆️🦠

#Welkenraedt, Belgium 🇧🇪, in May 2006. An #SNCB #NMBS Class AM 62 trainset, built in the early 1960s, is awaiting its departure to #Liège.

This is a #Thalys 🇪🇺 #PBKA (standing for Paris Brussels Köln Amsterdam) high-speed trainset, seen in rural eastern Belgium, while working a #Paris 🇫🇷 to #Cologne 🇩🇪 service via #Brussels 🇧🇪. Picture taken around 2007, while on a cycling tour between #Welkenraedt and #Aachen.

#Welkenraedt, Belgium 🇧🇪, in May 2006. A picture taken before the opening of the high-speed line between #Liège and #Aachen 🇩🇪: this is why we see a Cologne-bound #Thalys passing through the station. To the right: two #SNCB #NMBS class AM 62 “classic”trainsets built in the 1960s.