Australia is facing a new biosecurity challenge after the detection of the highly pathogenic H5 bird flu strain in migratory seabirds. The discovery ends years of Australia being one of the few major regions without the global H5N1 impact, which has spread widely among birds and some mammals.

SYDNEY: Australia is checking for any sign of “entrenched” H5 bird flu in its wildlife after detecting the country’s first two cases, the government said Monday. Scientists…

The bird flu straing that arrived in Australia for the time last week has already caused the deaths of hundreds of millions of birds and mammals around the world.