Photo: CDC/ Cynthia Goldsmith, Jacqueline Katz, Sherif R Zaki
Conservation and health authorities are urged to remain on high alert as two instances of bird flu hit Australia. A child in Victoria came down with a severe infection from the highly contagious H5N1 strain, after returning from India.
And hundreds of thousands of birds at an egg farm in the state had to be euthanised, after an outbreak of a different strain.
Distinguished Professor of infectious disease epidemiology and public health, Nigel French, says avian influenza is truly surrounding the country now.
