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NSW records first suspected case of deadly H5 bird flu as virus reaches Australia’s east coast
New South Wales has its first suspected case of the deadly H5 bird flu in a giant petrel found near Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle. Testing by CSIRO is underway to confirm if it is the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, which would mark the first detection of the disease on Australia’s east coast.
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