19 jun 2026
Mainland Australia’s first suspected case of deadly H5N1 bird flu investigated after sick bird found in WA
Agriculture minister says no evidence of mass mortality or infection in poultry after migratory wild bird tested The suspected first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu on the Australian mainland is being investigated, after a migratory wild bird was found sick in southern Western Australia. Initial testing at a WA laboratory returned a “suspected positive result for avian influenza”, the agriculture minister, Julie Collins, said.
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Australia confirmed its first mainland H5N1 bird flu case in a seabird near Esperance, WA.
al jazeeraAustralia was previously the only continent where the H5N1 bird flu strain had not yet been found.
bbc newsA migratory sea bird tested positive for the contagious H5 variant of bird flu in Western Australia. Up until now Australia was the only continent which had not detected the strain.
deutsche welle
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