DAFF Media Statement - Attributable to Acting Australian Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Sam Hamilton

Testing at CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) has confirmed a further 16 positive detections in Victoria, 14 greater crested terns, one silver gull and one magpie. All of these birds were found in the vicinity of Portland and Nelson.

There have also been 6 further confirmed positive detections in South Australia, all in greater crested terns. This includes 1 in Port Victoria, 1 in Port Vincent, 1 at Pullen Island Port Elliott, 1 in Kangaroo Island,1 in Southend, and 1 in Pelican Point in the lower south east.

There have now been 123 confirmed or presumed positive detections of H5 bird flu in Australia, based on samples tested.

There remain no detections in poultry or in our agricultural production system. 

The risk to human health remains low