Australia reports first case of H5 bird flu, virus spreads to every continent

AF Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-20 · 02:11 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Australia has reported its first detection of the H5 strain of bird flu, marking the virus's spread to every continent. The Australian Agriculture Minister, Julie Collins, announced on Saturday that the disease was confirmed in a migratory brown skua in remote Western Australia by the national science agency. Samples from a second sick bird, a giant petrel, also indicated a suspected positive result. This discovery signifies the global reach of the highly contagious avian influenza variant.

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The disease was found in a migratory sea bird, a brown skua, in remote Western Australia.

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The H5 bird flu variant has now spread to every continent.

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Australia has reported its first case of the H5 strain of bird flu.

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Samples from another sick bird, a giant petrel, showed a suspected positive result for H5 bird flu.

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Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, meaning the highly contagious variant has now spread to every continent.Australian Agriculture Minister Julie Collins told a press conference on Saturday that the disease had been found in a migratory sea bird, a brown skua, in remote Australia" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="706" data-entity-type="location">Western Australia, and the result was confirmed by the national science agency.Samples from another sick bird, a giant petrel, had also shown as a suspected positive result, she said.

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