Australia warns H5N1 likely to spread after first mass mortality episode - Al Jazeera
Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said on Monday that testing confirmed H5N1 bird flu in a group of 49 dead and 35 sick terns off the coast south of Adelaide. xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoHundreds of millions of birds and mammals worldwide have been killed by the disease By Al Jazeera Staff and ReutersPublished On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026Australia has warned that H5N1 bird flu is likely to spread further, after the country’s first mass mortality episode among seabirds killed about 50 greater crested terns off the coast south of Adelaide.