Australia confirms first case of H5N1 bird flu

The minister for agriculture, Julie Collins, confirms case of H5N1 bird flu in Western Australia, with another suspected The deadly H5N1 bird flu strain has arrived on the Australian mainland with test results confirming a bird found on the Western Australian coast was positive for the disease. The state’s agriculture minister, Julie Collins, confirmed a brown skua found unwell last Sunday at Cape Le Grand national park in southern WA died from H5N1. Continue reading...

By Lisa Cox

Deadly bird flu strain reaches last continent without it as Australia reports first suspected case

Migratory seabird known as brown skua tests positive for avian influenza

By Christine Chen

Australia detects first case of contagious H5 bird flu

Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, the country's agriculture minister has said, meaning the highly contagious variant has now spread to every continent.

Australia, last continent without H5 bird flu, detects first suspected case

Australia has detected its first suspected mainland case of H5N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country’s ​southwest, authorities said on Friday. A migratory sea bird known as a brown ‌skua found in Western Australia’s Cape Le Grand National Park tested positive for avian influenza, and further testing is being conducted to confirm the strain, said state Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis. “We ​are taking the suspected case of H5 bird flu seriously,” Jarvis said. “If ​this is confirmed H5 b...

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