Queensland on high alert after first suspected H5 bird flu case

Queensland authorities are conducting final tests after a dead petrel found on Moreton Island returned a suspected positive result for H5 bird flu

Justin Tomlinson

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Queensland on high alert after first suspected H5 bird flu case

Queensland has been placed on high alert following the discovery of the state's first suspected case of H5 bird flu. The alert was initiated after a dead petrel, which washed up on Moreton Island, returned a suspected positive test result for the avian influenza strain.[1][2]

Final laboratory testing is currently under way to officially confirm the presence of the H5 virus in the deceased wild bird. Authorities are closely monitoring the situation as they await the definitive diagnostic results from the ongoing tests.[1][2]

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