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How worried should we be about bird flu? – podcast

Having wiped out millions of birds worldwide and devastated wildlife populations around the globe, Australia has watched as the H5N1 strain of bird flu crept ever closer. And now it’s here, on the last continent to be hit.

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Australia’s last continent to encounter the H5N1 strain of bird flu has now confirmed the virus in birds found on Western Australian beaches, after the disease has previously wiped out millions of birds worldwide and impacted wildlife populations globally. The discovery marks the first confirmed presence of the virus on the continent.

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