Bird Flu 2024 Australian News. For months, australia's largest supermarkets have been restricting the sale of eggs to customers during an unprecedented bird flu outbreak. The case occurred in a child, who acquired the infection in india and was unwell in march 2024.
Australia is the only continent where animals have so far stayed free of the h5n1 avian influenza virus, but authorities on wednesday said a different strain of highly pathogenic bird flu had. But with spring starting this weekend, there are fears that another, more lethal strain of bird flu, the h5n1 virus, could surge and spark a much bigger crisis.