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Jul 25, 2026

Queensland Confirms First H5N1 Bird Flu Case, Becoming Australia's Fourth Affected State

Queensland authorities confirmed the state's first case of H5N1 bird flu after a dead migratory petrel found on Moreton Island off Brisbane tested positive for the highly pathogenic virus. Queensland becomes the fourth Australian state to detect the virus as the country's outbreak spreads.

Jul 25, 2026·9 sources
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  • ▪Australia has confirmed 18 cases of H5N1 bird flu across four states, including 10 in Western Australia, five in South Australia, two in New South Wales, and one in Queensland.
  • ▪There are no detections of H5N1 bird flu in poultry or evidence of large-scale animal deaths in Queensland, and the risk to human health remains low.
  • ▪CSIRO's Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness in Geelong, Victoria, officially confirmed the positive H5N1 bird flu result on July 25, 2026.

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