Bird Flu Australia 2024. Highly pathogenic avian influenza has spread to a seventh poultry farm near melbourne, the government of australia's victoria state said on monday. Australia has had one reported case of bird flu in a human in 2024.

Australia is in the grip of an unprecedented bird flu outbreak, with authorities this week confirming we’ve never seen so many strains appear at once. Bird flu spreads to farmed animals from wild birds.