9 August 2026

Testing at CSIRO´s Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) has confirmed a further 5 positive detections of H5 bird flu in South Australia, all in greater crested terns at Carpenter Rocks, on the Limestone Coast.

There have now been 220 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.