8 August 2026

Testing at CSIRO´s Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) has confirmed a further 28 positive detections in South Australia.

The new confirmed cases are all in wild seabirds, including 15 greater crested terns from the Limestone Coast (5 at Robe, 4 at Port MacDonnell, 2 at Beachport, 1 at Southend, 1 at Pelican Point, 1 at Cape Douglas, and 1 at Eight Mile Creek); 11 greater crested terns on Kangaroo Island (3 at Haines, 6 at Seal Bay, 1 at Penneshaw, and 1 at Vivonne Bay); and 2 silver gulls on the Limestone Coast (Port MacDonnell and Robe).

There have now been 203 confirmed or presumed?positive detections of H5 bird flu in Australia.

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

The risk to human health remains low.