Friday,
6 June 2025
Safety measures needed to prevent outbreak

Local landholders have expressed concern about how ready the region and more widely, Australia, is for a possible outbreak of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus.

There are various different avian flu strains already in Australia, however none are as dangerous as the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b.

A recent report on ABC Television’s current affairs program 7.30 revealed the risk to Australia has increased...

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